misprobe

present singular third person misprobes · participle present misprobing · participle past misprobed · past misprobed

1. To probe incorrectly.

   The pocket pocket was probably misprobed originally, because of the lack of standardization of probing.

   1981, Nathaniel H. Rowe, Proceedings of Symposium on Trends in the Prevention and Treatment of Periodontal Disease, page 35

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   Once a probe machine goes out-of-control, it will continue to misprobe wafers unless detected and corrected.

   1992, Management Science - Volume 38, page 1316

   Even if your thermometer is miscalibrated or you misprobe the meat and it's only reached a temperature of 155°F / 68°C, the pasteurization time for chicken at this temperature is less than a minute, which you're likely to exceed.

   2010, Jeff Potter, Cooking for Geeks: Real Science, Great Hacks, and Good Food, page 167

plural misprobes

1. An instance of misprobing.

   When collecting signatures for storage, duplicate measurements are flagged to alert to a possible misprobe.

   1987, Allan Robbins, Brian Lundeen, Troubleshooting Microprocessor-based Systems, page 186

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   This is particularly important when probing with a hand-held probe, on a densely populated board, since such boards are especially susceptible to misprobes.

   2003, Alexander Miczo, Digital Logic Testing and Simulation, page 316

   Software that allows misprobe recovery by starting in the middle of the sequence, as close to the misprobe as possible, reduces diagnostic time considerably.

   2008, Jon S. Wilson, Stuart Ball, Creed Huddleston, Test and Measurement: Know It All, page 640