misclose
The discrepancy between the starting point the endpoint of the shape reconstructed…The discrepancy between the starting point the endpoint of the shape reconstructed from the measured dimensions and bearings of a boundary.
Meaning
2 sensesThe discrepancy between the starting point the endpoint of the shape reconstructed from the measured dimensions and bearings of a boundary.
(broadly)The degree to which the model of the forces acting on a structure fail to account for the observed shape of that structure.
Origin
From mis- + close.From mis- + close.
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