misterminate

Verb

misterminate (third-person singular simple present misterminates, present participle misterminating, simple past and past participle misterminated)

1. To terminate incorrectly.
   • Sir, in our business, one wire which is misterminated can mean the difference between success and failure .1961, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Government Operations, Work Stoppage at Missile Bases, page 552
   • When electrically long lines are misterminated on both ends, the resulting multiple reflections cause severe pulse distortion and significantly lengthen the effective rise and fall times of any pulses carried on the line.1970, Donn Baker, Physical Design of Electronic Systems: Design technology, page 371