misstack

English

Etymology

From mis- +‎ stack.

Verb

misstack (third-person singular simple present misstacks, present participle misstacking, simple past and past participle misstacked)

1. To stack improperly.
   • 1985, Exploration Geophysics - Volume 16, page 184:

     Because the model assumed in the theory of PSPM has a constant velocity, PSPM causes coherent noise from shallow scatterers to misstack, rather than stack coherently.

   • 1990, Geophysics, the Leading Edge of Exploration, page 34:

     The two far offsets misstack and are visible as a spray of energy prior in time to the stronger near offset stack response.

   • 2006, Anthony Young, Mabel Syrup and the Mystery of the Crystal Cavern, page 201:

     The distraction was just enough to cause him to misstack two balls, giving Deirdre a clear run.

   • 2010, Bill Clinton, My Life, page 28:

     I misstacked one and it fell to the floor, leaving a mess of broken glass and mayo.

Noun

misstack (plural misstacks)

1. An instance of misstacking.
   • 1996, Geophysics for Lithology Prediction, page 7:

     Since the CO-DMO sees a larger dip than the dip in the source-receiver direction, it overcorrects and the subsequent NMO correction will still be dip-dependent; a time shift and a misstack will occur.