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misalignment Definition

mis·a·lign·ment (-ə līnmənt)

noun

a condition of being badly or improperly aligned

misalignment Related Forms
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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