miserection

English

Etymology

mis- +‎ erection

Noun

miserection (usually uncountable, plural miserections)

1. (rare) The process of setting in an upright, erect position in a faulty or incorrect way.
   • 1987, Richard N. White, Charles G. Salmon, Building structural design handbook‎^[1]:

     The 1972 West German Code considers column miserection and misalignment, and gives potential offsets of sloping, kinked, and corkscrew forms.