单词 | miscompute |
释义 | † miscomputen. Obsolete. rare. = miscomputation n. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > inaccuracy, inexactness > [noun] > in calculation misreckoning1540 miscasting1542 miscast1599 miscompute1646 miscounting1655 miscomputation1702 miscalculation1720 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica vii. xviii. 380 As he maketh the account, and Budeus de Asse correcting the miscompute of Valla, delivereth it. View more context for this quotation This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2021). miscomputev. 1. transitive. To miscalculate, misjudge (something). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > inaccuracy, inexactness > miscalculate [verb (transitive)] mistella1475 mischargec1495 misreckon1524 miscount1548 miscast1605 misnumber1614 miscompute1637 mistake1704 miscalculate1727 under-estimate1812 1637 T. Heywood Pleasant Dialogues & Dramma's 277 She smil'd, and thus excus'd the crime, The vulgar mis-compute the time. a1750 A. Hill Cleon to Lycidas in Wks. (1753) IV. 306 When, miscomputing their unsounded swell, Deep'ning proud shallows, thou o'er-rat'st design. 1969 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) A. 264 10 The omission of the Lorentz force makes one miscompute the energy density of the electric field. 1999 Arizona Republic (Nexis) 28 Feb. d3 I miscomputed the time difference. 2. intransitive. To miscalculate, make a wrong computation. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > inaccuracy, inexactness > be defective [verb (intransitive)] > in calculation miscounta1393 miscompute1672 miscalculate1695 1672 J. Wallis Let. 13 Feb. in S. P. Rigaud & S. J. Rigaud Corr. Sci. Men 17th Cent. (1841) (modernized text) II. 532 Excuse me if I have in haste miscomputed. 1726 T. Madox Firma Burgi Pref. sig. bj I intended it should make onely a Pamflet..But I miscomputed. 1997 Pantagraph (Bloomington, Illinois) (Nexis) 27 Apr. a14 Finally,..NIGAS admitted its computer apparently had miscomputed. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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