MISALIGNMENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does misalignment mean? 

• MISALIGNMENT (noun)
  The noun MISALIGNMENT has 1 sense:

1. the spatial property of things that are not properly aligned

  Familiarity information: MISALIGNMENT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MISALIGNMENT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The spatial property of things that are not properly aligned

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("misalignment" is a kind of...):

arrangement; placement (the spatial property of the way in which something is placed)

Derivation:

misalign (align imperfectly or badly)

 Context examples 

A form of ocular misalignment where the visual axes diverge inappropriately.

(Divergent Strabismus, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)