miserection

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English

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Etymology

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From mis- +‎ erection.

Noun

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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.