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mistrim

mistrim verb: to trim badly or wrongly.

Verb

mistrim (third-person singular simple present mistrims, present participle mistrimming, simple past and past participle mistrimmed)

  1. (transitive) To trim badly or wrongly.
    • Watch the pitch trim and be ready to punch off the autopilot if it starts to mistrim the aircraft.1972 April, Ed Ross, “Transports in Turbulence”, in The MAC Flyer, volume 19, number 4, page 8
    • you mistrim the sail and you have a bad case of the slows.1975, Yacht Racing - Volume 14, page 47

Noun

mistrim (countable and uncountable, plural mistrims)

  1. The act or an instance of mistrimming.
    • This removes the possibility of a disengage transient due to mistrim when the attitude hold mode is disengaged.1967, United States. Bureau of Naval Personnel, Aviation Electrician's Mate 1 & C, page 304
    • Steady state error due to mistrim moment can be integrated out.1987, Robert Samuel Ryan, Harold N. Scofield, Structural Dynamics and Control Interaction of Flexible Structures, page 916

Examples of mistrim in a sentence

  • Additionally, it is possible for the pilot to mistrim the system so the parallel actuator is working against a steady load and hence will have a lower stall limit in one direction .1975, NASA Contractor Report - Issues 2499-2503, page 99:
  • The auto-trim system was shut down automatically, if the mistrim exceeded a pre-defined duration.2017, Peter G. Hamel, In-Flight Simulators and Fly-by-Wire/Light Demonstrators, page 161:

Forms of mistrim

Verb
third-person singular presentmistrims
present participlemistrimming
past participlemistrimmed
pastmistrimmed
Noun
pluralmistrims

Origin of mistrim

From mis- + trim.

Questions about mistrim

What does mistrim mean?
Mistrim means to trim badly or wrongly.
How do you use mistrim in a sentence?
Additionally, it is possible for the pilot to mistrim the system so the parallel actuator is working against a steady load and hence will have a lower stall limit in one direction .
What part of speech is mistrim?
Mistrim can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of mistrim?
The past tense of mistrim is mistrimmed.

Words near mistrim in the dictionary

  1. mistries
  2. mistrigger
  3. mistriggered
  4. mistriggering
  5. mistriggers
  6. mistrim
  7. mistrimmed
  8. mistrimming
  9. mistrims
  10. mistrip
  11. mistripped

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