mistrigger

English

Etymology

mis- +‎ trigger

Verb

mistrigger (third-person singular simple present mistriggers, present participle mistriggering, simple past and past participle mistriggered)

1. To trigger by mistake.
   • 1986, Anthony Bishop, Solid-state Relay Handbook with Applications, page 150:

     Two opposing SSRs (Nos 1 and 4 or 2 and 3) could still mistrigger simultaneously due to dv/dt or high-voltage transients; therefore, resistors R1 through R4 are inserted to limit the resultant surge current.

   • 1998, J. Lloyd French, David R. Martinelli, Ronald W. Eck, Advanced Planning Surveys Using Automatic License Plate Reading Equipment, and Evaluation of Automatic License Plate Reading Equipment for Advanced Planning, page 56:

     Pedestrians, motorcycles, birds, or debris are not a threat to mistrigger the system .

   • 2011, Muhammad H. Rashid, Power Electronics Handbook, page 523:

     High peak harmonic currents may cause automatic relay protection devices to mistrigger.

Noun

mistrigger (countable and uncountable, plural mistriggers)

1. The act of mistriggering or an instance of mistriggering.
   • 1986, Anthony Bishop, Solid-state Relay Handbook with Applications, page 171:

     While periodically operatin test switch reduce R2 (increasing ramp) until specified value is reached without mistrigger.

   • 2009, EFY Enterprises Pvt Ltd, Electronics Projects Vol. 17, page 116:

     The 10K resistors and the 0.001μF disc capacitors in the input circuit of each timer IC prevent a possible mistrigger on positive pulse edges.

   • 2013, Ross Kirk, Andy Hunt, Digital Sound Processing for Music and Multimedia, page 80:

     Any electrical noise present in the system will ride up these sloping sides, and interfere with the detection threshold in the receiving device, causing a mistrigger of the detection process, and subsequent errors.