misclose

Meanings

Noun

• The discrepancy between the starting point the endpoint of the shape reconstructed from the measured dimensions and bearings of a boundary.
• The degree to which the model of the forces acting on a structure fail to account for the observed shape of that structure.

Verb

• To cause or exhibit a misclose.
• To fail to loop back to the starting point.
• To close improperly; to fail to shut properly.
• To close (a deal) in error.

Origin

• mis- + close