单词 | mismeasurement |
释义 | mismeasurementn. Incorrect measurement or estimation. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > misjudgement > [noun] misdoom?a1425 misdeemingc1450 misdeem1470 misjudgement1526 misjudging1526 misreckoning1540 miscast1599 misratinga1626 miscalculation1720 misestimation1809 misdecision1827 misappreciation1838 misestimate1843 mismeasurement1859 unappreciation1886 misvaluation1903 1859 J. S. Mill Diss. & Discuss. I. 392 (note) The habitual mismeasurement of the practical bearing and value of things. 1871 Amer. Naturalist 5 233 Differences so..liable to mismeasurement on account of slight differences of illumination, adjestment of lenses, etc., are justly deemed untrustworthy. 1900 J. Morley Cromwell iii. i. 204 Mismeasurement of forces. 1995 Daily Tel. 8 Sept. 3/8 The court heard that the mismeasurement amounted to a difference of 32 per cent in the room. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1859 |
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