mistest
mistest verb: to incorrectly test.
Verb
mistest (third-person singular simple present mistests, present participle mistesting, simple past and past participle mistested)
- To incorrectly test.
- This is because they test at a very small, 0 to 1/8 inch, gage length and can mistest a wool with a tender section or break.1964, Richard A. O'Connell, “Physical Evaluation of Wool Properties”, in Technical Wool Conference: Held May 13-15, 1964, page 129
- 'We could have defrauded you,' Rachael said. 'Nothing forced us to admit you mistested me. And the same for the other nine subjects we've selected.'1975, Philip K. Dick, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
- To hostilely set challenges for.
- Although it mought be somewhat dangerous, just hereabouts, to confess yourself a sodger of King George—let me tell you, that, being against you, I am not the person to mistest you on that head, by spreading the news abroad, or setting a few dozen of whigs upon your scent, which is a thing easily...1893, John Pendleton Kennedy, Horse Shoe Robinson: A Tale of the Tory Ascendency, page 73
Noun
mistest (countable and uncountable, plural mistests)
- An incorrectly applied test.
- With this method of using a key and either using the two cords or one cord, it will prevent a mistest of that kind.1925, Association of American Railroads. Communications Section, Proceedings, page 565
- The specimen was then removed from the chamber, inspected to determine the mode of failure and whether the failure was of a general nature, or if there was a mistest.1972, R. J. Niccum, Comparison of Polyester, Film-yarn Composite, Balloon Materials Subjected to Shear and Biaxial Loading, page 15
- The act or process of mistesting.
- All of the above systems are subject to a major problem: mistest.1978, IBM Technical Disclosure Bulletin, page 3096
- Here, PQL₁₁ is the module-detectable PQL caused by module mistest or tester calibration errors,1983, IBM Journal of Research and Development - Volume 27, page 8
Examples of mistest in a sentence
- It was no surprise at all when I heard, much later, that as they were abating their own Downtown building, the EPA mistested the rest of Lower Manhattan and misinformed the citizenry about the danger.2012, Peter Josyph, Liberty Street: Encounters at Ground Zero, page 50:
- The number may be expected to increase as the number of chips per MCM increases but for the 9 chip bipolar MCM, human errors and mistests occurred just as they have occurred for the 100 chip TCM.1993, Proceedings: ... International Conference on Multichip Modules, page 157:
- Human error and mistest can always occur whether for a 9-chip MCM or a 100-chip MCM, or whether CMOS or bipolar die.1992, The International Journal of Microcircuits and Electronic Packaging, page 310:
Forms of mistest
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | mistests |
| present participle | mistesting |
| past participle | mistested |
| past | mistested |
| Noun | |
| plural | mistests |
Origin of mistest
From mis- + test.
Questions about mistest
- What does mistest mean?
- Mistest means to incorrectly test.
- How do you use mistest in a sentence?
- It was no surprise at all when I heard, much later, that as they were abating their own Downtown building, the EPA mistested the rest of Lower Manhattan and misinformed the citizenry about the danger.
- What part of speech is mistest?
- Mistest can be a verb or a noun.
- What is the past tense of mistest?
- The past tense of mistest is mistested.
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