misregister

mis- +‎ register

• IPA^(key): /mɪsˈɹɛd͡ʒɪstə(ɹ)/

misregister (third-person singular simple present misregisters, present participle misregistering, simple past and past participle misregistered)

1. To register incorrectly.

misregister (uncountable)

1. (television) Undesirable displacement of the electron beam from the centre of a phosphor dot.
   • 1964, United States. Patent Office, Decisions of the Commissioner of Patents and of the United States Courts in Patent and Trademark Cases, page 490:

     There are several kinds of misregister including what appellant characterizes as “mechanical” misregister and “degrouping” misregister […] Both types of tubes exhibited serious misregister problems […]