mistrip
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To trip by mistake.
Example Sentences
- "For example, individual bottles may leak chronically, may contaminate the samples being taken, e.g. chlorofluorocarbons, or may consistently mistrip or otherwise malfunction."
- "However, relay C mistripped for one backward fault case, and showed unexpected performance for forward faults, as it tripped faster for a fault at 17% along the line than for a close-in fault."
- "The results were compared with the CTD salinity in order to verify that the rosette bottle did not mistrip or leak."
- "This system takes out all the guesswork, when for example, a mistrip occurs and the drill has to be tripped in a second time."
- "At present, it has a 2/3 logic base, which may be subject to mistrip, as it is switched to the trip mode during test or maintenance."
- "In some cases it may be subsequently discovered that failure to trip may be a mistrip with the next bottle closing at the depth of the empty bottle."