mistrigger

present singular third person mistriggers · participle present mistriggering · participle past mistriggered · past mistriggered

1. To trigger by mistake.

   Pedestrians, motorcycles, birds, or debris are not a threat to mistrigger the system .

   1998, J. Lloyd French, David R. Martinelli, Ronald W. Eck, Advanced Planning Surveys Using Automatic License Plate Reading Equipment, and Evaluation of Automatic License Plate Reading Equipment for Advanced Planning, page 56

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   Two opposing SSRs (Nos 1 and 4 or 2 and 3) could still mistrigger simultaneously due to dv/dt or high-voltage transients; therefore, resistors R1 through R4 are inserted to limit the resultant surge current.

   1986, Anthony Bishop, Solid-state Relay Handbook with Applications, page 150

   High peak harmonic currents may cause automatic relay protection devices to mistrigger.

   2011, Muhammad H. Rashid, Power Electronics Handbook, page 523

plural mistriggers

1. countableuncountableThe act of mistriggering or an instance of mistriggering.

   While periodically operatin test switch reduce R2 (increasing ramp) until specified value is reached without mistrigger.

   1986, Anthony Bishop, Solid-state Relay Handbook with Applications, page 171

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   The 10K resistors and the 0.001μF disc capacitors in the input circuit of each timer IC prevent a possible mistrigger on positive pulse edges.

   2009, EFY Enterprises Pvt Ltd, Electronics Projects Vol. 17, page 116

   Any electrical noise present in the system will ride up these sloping sides, and interfere with the detection threshold in the receiving device, causing a mistrigger of the detection process, and subsequent errors.

   2013, Ross Kirk, Andy Hunt, Digital Sound Processing for Music and Multimedia, page 80