ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Miscentering

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Miscentering is a noun meaning A mistaken centering.

Meaning

A mistaken centering.

Example Sentences

Galaxy cluster miscentering is especially a concern for stacked weak lensing shear studies of galaxy clusters, where offsets between the assumed and the true underlying matter distribution can lead to a significant bias in the mass estimates if not accounted for.

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include misplacing, mispositioning, misorientation, misrotation, mislocation, misconvergence.

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