misalignment
misalignment
Definition
mis·a·lign·ment (-ə līn′mənt)
noun
a condition of being badly or improperly aligned
mis′·a·ligned′ adjective
misalignment
Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- component: Tape edge damage or misalignment of internal components, such as the hub or tape pack may occur.
Converse of object
- correct: If necessary correct any misalignment using the ' handles ' on the driving tool.
- cause: Even a slight postural misalignment caused by over pronation can lead to back pain.
- identify: By studying the deviations of hit positions away from the fitted track it is possible to identify module misalignments.
- allow: The shaft is coupled to a top plate via a coupler which allows significant misalignment.
- include: A number of reasons can be suggested for this, including misalignment of IT investment with corporate strategy and poor IT project management.
- diagnose: Chris Watts quickly analyzed my posture, diagnosed several misalignments, and set about correcting them.
Adjective modifier
- pelvic: UNTIL NOW back pain resulting from pelvic misalignment has been treated in one of two ways.
- spinal: Ailments such as headaches, skin disorders and digestive disorders are seen as the results of spinal misalignment.
- slight: A slight misalignment of the two images in each eye produces a visual disparity that the muscles try to correct.
- structural: Sometimes there may be a structural misalignment that tells the body it would be difficult to carry a baby to term.
- small: At very small misalignments however, failure might be expected to be stimulated by fiber crushing.
- angular: Also covers effect of angular misalignment on fluid film hearing performance, and includes the moments applied by the bearing itself.
Modifies a noun
- scale: We then have the following misalignment scales for the translations: 50 to 100 micrometers.
- effect: Also includes thermal, centrifugal, misalignment effects and axial sliding of the pinion.
Noun used with modifier
- texture: I didn't notice any glitches or texture misalignments.
- price: Asset Prices and Inflation Targetting Asset price misalignments are likely to pose a rather different kind of challenge.
- shaft: They are designed to accept three degrees of shaft misalignment.
- exchange: However, these are usually effective only over a relatively short time period; it is difficult to ensure against longer-term exchange rate misalignments.
- fiber: A rapid fall in the compressive strength with increasing fiber misalignment is predicted.
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