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mistrim

verb

Etymology

From mis- + trim.

  1. derived from *trumaz✻ — “firm; strong; sound”
  2. inherited from *trumjaną✻ — “to make fast; strengthen”
  3. inherited from *trummjan✻
  4. inherited from trymman — “to make firm; strengthen”
  5. inherited from trimen
  6. prefixed as mistrim — “mis + trim”

Definitions

  1. To trim badly or wrongly.

    • Watch the pitch trim and be ready to punch off the autopilot if it starts to mistrim the aircraft.
    • you mistrim the sail and you have a bad case of the slows.
    • Additionally, it is possible for the pilot to mistrim the system so the parallel actuator is working against a steady load and hence will have a lower stall limit in one direction .

  2. The act or an instance of mistrimming.

    • This removes the possibility of a disengage transient due to mistrim when the attitude hold mode is disengaged.
    • Steady state error due to mistrim moment can be integrated out.
    • The auto-trim system was shut down automatically, if the mistrim exceeded a pre-defined duration.

The neighborhood

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