misorientate
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To position (something) incorrectly, especially so that it faces in the wrong direction.
Transitive verb
verb
To become confused about one's position relative to one's environment; to become disoriented.
Example Sentences
- "Sometimes I would misorientate slides 90 degrees or 180 degrees."
- "You might misorientate the connector, i.e. connect it the wrong way round."
- "Since only one dislocation is required to misorientate one crystallite from another, the structure is a network of the type shown in Figure 5.44a and b"
- "The price system does not signal the changes continually taking place in the value and market relations; it necessarily misorientates in matters of economic decisions."
- "Thus the sub-grains gradually misorientate until they become recognizable separate entities, i.e. small recrystallized grains."
- "Thus records at British observatories as far west as Stokholm, Bardsey and Calf of Man will involve mainly individuals which have misorientated, or undertaken random dispersal prior to migration."