misplug

English

Etymology

mis- +‎ plug

Verb

misplug (third-person singular simple present misplugs, present participle misplugging, simple past and past participle misplugged)

1. To plug incorrectly.
   • 1910, Arthur Edward Van Hagan, Tandem Trunking, page 33:

     A guard lamp is installed on each trunk in the end position at the tandem board so that, if an "A" operator misplugs, the call may be answered promptly by the supervisor at the tandem board and cared for properly.

   • 1993, Harry C. Box, Set Lighting Technician's Handbook, page 256:

     Be very careful not to misplug a three-wire system to the stage box and run 240V accidentally.

   • 1998 August, “Dell PowerEdge 6300”, in PC Magazine, volume 17, number 14, page 51:

     Cabling is labeled on both sides, so you won't misplug a device connector.

Noun

misplug (plural misplugs)

1. An instance of misplugging.
   • 1908 March 21, “New Telephone Patents”, in Electrical World, volume 51, page 609:

     This circuit is so arranged that in case an operator at the manual end makes a misplug, the correction of the error will have no effect on the setting of the automatic.

   • 2011, Yu. K. Rybin, Electronic Devices for Analog Signal Processing, page 212:

     With the integrated technology, it is easy to provide for the measures for linearization and temperature stabilization of the parameters and characteristics, overload and misplug protection, operation in a wide range of supply voltages, etc.

   • 2013, Karan Singh, Sandra Tomoko Minami Abe, Srikanth R. Adige, IBM zEnterprise EC12 Configuration Setup, page 561:

     Do not use any other ports in the BPH. Any deviations or misplugs will affect the operation of the zEC12 system.

   • 2016, GB 50397-2007: Translated English of Chinese Standard., page 63:

     Where AC and DC sockets or sockets of different voltages are installed in the same place, they shall be distinguished clearly. And the sockets must be different in structure and specification and can't be exchanged to avoid misplug.