misregister
nounEtymology From mis- + register.
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Broadcasting, Media, Television Undesirable displacement of the electron beam from the centre of a phosphor dot.
- There are several kinds of misregister including what appellant characterizes as “mechanical” misregister and “degrouping” misregister […] Both types of tubes exhibited serious misregister problems […]1964, United States. Patent Office, Decisions of the Commissioner of Patents and of the United States Courts in Patent and Trademark Cases, page 490: