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malfunction, n.|mælˈfʌŋkʃən|
[f. mal- + function n. 3.]
Faulty functioning. So malˈfunction v. intr.; malˈfunctioning vbl. n. and ppl. a.
1928E. Bagby Psychol. of Personality xi. 154 Conditions of this sort are usually found to be symptoms of a malfunctioning of fundamental bodily processes. 1941Johnson & Haven Automatic Arms 128 The slide on an automatic pistol may fail to remain open after the last shot, due to a malfunction of the catch... The use of the term ‘malfunction’ conveys nothing unless we know what malfunctioned. 1957New Scientist 9 May 38/2 As an ophthalmic optician I was entertained by ‘Geminus’ (25 April) on his visits to his optician and his own experiments at correcting the malfunctions of his extra-ocular muscles. 1957New Biol. XXII. 83 They [sc. psychosomatic disorders] come to the attention of patient and physician through some malfunctioning of an organ. 1958Times 14 Mar. 10/1 Through ‘mechanical malfunctioning’, a B-47 bomber aircraft dropped what is described as ‘an unarmed nuclear device’. Ibid. 17 Oct. 15/2 Eyes whose tear-ducts were malfunctioning because of the absence of gravity. 1961New Scientist 7 Dec. 617/1 Some tiny valves in the spaceship's plumbing system failed to function properly... This malfunction has been brushed off in the newspapers. 1966T. Pynchon Crying of Lot 49 i. 14 A dented, malfunctioning version of himself. 1972Daily Tel. 22 Jan. 17/2 An investigation was being made to discover why the warm-air heating system at the house..had malfunctioned. Ibid., Recommendations would be made to the house builders when the cause of the malfunction had been discovered. 1973Sci. Amer. Oct. 69/3 An instrumental malfunction at the crucial time can spoil the results of months of preparation. |