misconnection
noun
uk/ˌmɪs.kəˈnek.ʃən/us/ˌmɪs.kəˈnek.ʃən/misconnectionnoun(JOINING WRONGLY)
[CorU]
anoccasionwhen things arejoinedin thewrongway, or aplacewhere things arejoinedin thewrongway:
Healing of thistypeoflesioncanresultin the misconnection ofnervefibres.
Smoke will bepipedthrough thesewersto show anypossiblebreaksinpipesor misconnections.
- Themachinemust betestedforleaks, misconnections, andproperfunction.
- Any misconnections betweensanitaryandstormsewerswill beidentified.
Connecting and combining
- abut
- additive
- adjoin
- affix
- agglutinate
- aggregation
- articulation
- desegregate
- desegregation
- dovetail
- eclectic
- eclectically
- hyphenate
- link(something)up
- linkage
- lumpsomeone/somethingtogether
- marriage
- marry
- weaving
- yoke
misconnectionnoun(TRANSPORT)
[C]
anoccasionwhenbuses,planes, etc. do notarriveandleaveat therighttimes, with theresultthatpassengersandbagscannot go from one to the other:
They said thatairlinesmayblameone another overlostbaggageor misconnections.
Arrivals and departures
- admittance
- advent
- approach
- arr.
- arrival
- bourne
- connection
- dep.
- departure
- descent
- destination
- entrance
- entry
- eta
- going
- inflow
- influx
- invasion
- misconnect
- outflow
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