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misstack

misstack verb: to stack improperly.

Verb

misstack (third-person singular simple present misstacks, present participle misstacking, simple past and past participle misstacked)

  1. To stack improperly.
    • Because the model assumed in the theory of PSPM has a constant velocity, PSPM causes coherent noise from shallow scatterers to misstack, rather than stack coherently.1985, Exploration Geophysics - Volume 16, page 184
    • The two far offsets misstack and are visible as a spray of energy prior in time to the stronger near offset stack response.1990, Geophysics, the Leading Edge of Exploration, page 34

Noun

misstack (plural misstacks)

  1. An instance of misstacking.
    • Since the CO-DMO sees a larger dip than the dip in the source-receiver direction, it overcorrects and the subsequent NMO correction will still be dip-dependent; a time shift and a misstack will occur.1996, Geophysics for Lithology Prediction, page 7

Examples of misstack in a sentence

  • The distraction was just enough to cause him to misstack two balls, giving Deirdre a clear run.2006, Anthony Young, Mabel Syrup and the Mystery of the Crystal Cavern, page 201:
  • I misstacked one and it fell to the floor, leaving a mess of broken glass and mayo.2010, Bill Clinton, My Life, page 28:

Forms of misstack

Verb
third-person singular presentmisstacks
present participlemisstacking
past participlemisstacked
pastmisstacked
Noun
pluralmisstacks

Origin of misstack

From mis- + stack.

Questions about misstack

What does misstack mean?
Misstack means to stack improperly.
How do you use misstack in a sentence?
The distraction was just enough to cause him to misstack two balls, giving Deirdre a clear run.
What part of speech is misstack?
Misstack can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of misstack?
The past tense of misstack is misstacked.

Words near misstack in the dictionary

  1. misspreading
  2. misspreads
  3. missprision
  4. missprisions
  5. misspun
  6. misstack
  7. misstacked
  8. misstacking
  9. misstacks
  10. misstaff
  11. misstaffed

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