misclose

Meanings

1. The discrepancy between the starting point the endpoint of the shape reconstructed from the measured dimensions and bearings of a boundary.
2. The degree to which the model of the forces acting on a structure fail to account for the observed shape of that structure.

1. To cause or exhibit a misclose.
2. To fail to loop back to the starting point.
3. To close improperly; to fail to shut properly.
4. To close (a deal) in error.

Etymology

From mis- + close.