misprobe

English

Etymology

mis- +‎ probe

Verb

misprobe (third-person singular simple present misprobes, present participle misprobing, simple past and past participle misprobed)

1. To probe incorrectly.
   • 1981, Nathaniel H. Rowe, Proceedings of Symposium on Trends in the Prevention and Treatment of Periodontal Disease, page 35:

     The pocket pocket was probably misprobed originally, because of the lack of standardization of probing.

   • 1992, Management Science - Volume 38, page 1316:

     Once a probe machine goes out-of-control, it will continue to misprobe wafers unless detected and corrected.

   • 2010, Jeff Potter, Cooking for Geeks: Real Science, Great Hacks, and Good Food, page 167:

     Even if your thermometer is miscalibrated or you misprobe the meat and it's only reached a temperature of 155°F / 68°C, the pasteurization time for chicken at this temperature is less than a minute, which you're likely to exceed.

Noun

misprobe (plural misprobes)

1. An instance of misprobing.
   • 1987, Allan Robbins, Brian Lundeen, Troubleshooting Microprocessor-based Systems, page 186:

     When collecting signatures for storage, duplicate measurements are flagged to alert to a possible misprobe.

   • 2003, Alexander Miczo, Digital Logic Testing and Simulation, page 316:

     This is particularly important when probing with a hand-held probe, on a densely populated board, since such boards are especially susceptible to misprobes.

   • 2008, Jon S. Wilson, Stuart Ball, Creed Huddleston, Test and Measurement: Know It All, page 640:

     Software that allows misprobe recovery by starting in the middle of the sequence, as close to the misprobe as possible, reduces diagnostic time considerably.