missequence

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noun

An error in sequencing.

Scrabble 24

Meanings

nounmissequence (plural missequences)

plural missequences

  1. An error in sequencing.

    Independently of the selected level, missequences of TSDUS within a stream are always detected and corrected.

    1994, IGIC, Inc., Telephone Applications of Fiber Optics, page 188
    2 more examples

    The child may have problems putting words and phrases in their right places, and gross missequences litter his speech when he attempts utterances of any length.

    2013, Mahin Hassibi, Disordered Thinking and Communication in Children

    Amongst RB's errors, there were few examples of blender errors, in which there would be omissions or missequences in the component sounds of target words.

    2014, Christine Temple, Developmental Cognitive Neuropsychology, page 193
verbmissequence (third-person singular simple present missequences, present participle missequencing, simple past and past participle missequenced)

present singular third person missequences · participle present missequencing · participle past missequenced · past missequenced

  1. To sequence incorrectly.

    You could missequence sounds in long words and so read 'conservation' as 'conversation'.

    2007, Sylvia Moody, Dyslexia: Surviving and Succeeding at College
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    Missequencing is caused by adaptive routing strategies used within the network or by retransmission of missed TSDUs.

    1996, Seon Jong Chung, Information Highways for a Smaller World and Better Living

    The hypothesis that dyslexic children's unstable binocular fixation causes them to mislocate and missequence letters implies that they should be unable to locate any small visual target, not just letters.

    2013, F. Lacquaniti, P. Viviani, Neural Bases of Motor Behaviour, page 137

    Her errors centered on the weak retrieval of multiplication facts and a tendency to missequence steps in the problem-solving process—both of which were exacerbated by her anxiety; yet, she demonstrated a solid number sense and accurate math reasoning.

    2020, Jed A. Yalof, Anthony D. Bram, Psychoanalytic Assessment Applications for Different Settings

Origin

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MLA

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