"misoperation" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: misoperations [plural]
Etymology: From mis- + operation. Etymology templates: {{af|en|mis-|operation}} mis- + operation Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} misoperation (countable and uncountable, plural misoperations)
  1. Incorrect operation. Tags: countable, uncountable

Inflected forms

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          "text": "Figure 3.2 shows an example of the breakdown of the events that caused equipment misoperation for one industrial customer. Note that faults on the customer feeder only accounted for 23 percent of the events that resulted in equipment ...",
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