misorientate

verb

Etymology

From mis- + orientate.

inherited from orient — “eastern; from Asia or the Orient; brilliant, shining (characteristic of jewels from the Orient)”
derived from *h₃er-✻ — “to move, stir; to rise, spring”
derived from oriēns — “the east; daybreak, dawn; sunrise; (participle) rising; appearing; originating”
derived from orient — “east direction; Asia, Orient”
derived from orient
inherited from orient
suffixed as orientate — “orient + ate”
prefixed as misorientate — “mis + orientate”

1
To position (something) incorrectly, especially so that it faces in the wrong direction.
- Sometimes I would misorientate slides 90 degrees or 180 degrees.
- You might misorientate the connector, i.e. connect it the wrong way round.
- Since only one dislocation is required to misorientate one crystallite from another, the structure is a network of the type shown in Figure 5.44a and b
2
To become incorrectly positioned, especially to face in the wrong direction.
- The price system does not signal the changes continually taking place in the value and market relations; it necessarily misorientates in matters of economic decisions.
- Thus the sub-grains gradually misorientate until they become recognizable separate entities, i.e. small recrystallized grains.
- Thus records at British observatories as far west as Stokholm, Bardsey and Calf of Man will involve mainly individuals which have misorientated, or undertaken random dispersal prior to migration.
3
To become confused about one's position relative to one's environment
To become confused about one's position relative to one's environment; to become disoriented.
- It is poetic justice of sorts that the church whose foreign agents and those indigenous members who chose to misorientate themselves has also given us these […]

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA