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Definition of Misconnections
1. misconnection [n] - See also: misconnection
Lexicographical Neighbors of Misconnections
Literary usage of Misconnections
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Annual Report by Illinois Farmers' Institute (1898)
"We have had a series of misconnections from start to finish. Even the electric
railway company had to bring ropes and ladders \ on our way out here with ..."
2. Mark Twain: A Biography : the Personal and Literary Life of Samuel Langhorne by Albert Bigelow Paine (1912)
"... here and there by misconnections and the continued terrific weather, barely
reaching Liverpool in time for their sailing date, August 23d. ..."
3. Transactions of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers by American Institute of Electrical Engineers (1911)
"... the digits of a number as our language does, and that as a result there are
a great many more misconnections, and a great slowing down of the service. ..."
4. Central Stations by Terrell Croft (1917)
"One pedestal may be provided for each generating unit, which minimizes the
possibility of the switchboard operator effecting misconnections. ..."
5. Select Cases on the Law of Torts: With Notes, and a Summary of Principles by John Henry Wigmore (1912)
"... if the train is to be stopped until that fact is ascertained, then the trains
will always be late, and misconnections will be inevitable; and if, ..."
6. California Revisited. 1858-1897 by Thaddeus Stevens Kenderdine (1898)
"... we felt that while miles back we had scot the Royal Gorge we now had liad
one ; in fact were made so forgetful of the many misconnections at past eating ..."
7. Modern Engineering Practice: A Reference Library by American School (Chicago, Ill.) (1906)
"... but the great number of leads each to be connected to their proper commutator
segment sometimes so confuse him that misconnections are made. ..."
8. American Electric Railway Practice by Albert Bledsoe Herrick, Edward Carlisle Boynton (1907)
"Even if the car house man becomes familiar with all these misconnections, rather
than spend so much time in studying possible mistakes, it would be more ..."
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