missequence

From mis- +‎ sequence.

missequence (plural missequences)

1. An error in sequencing.
   • 1994, IGIC, Inc., Telephone Applications of Fiber Optics, page 188:

     Independently of the selected level, missequences of TSDUS within a stream are always detected and corrected.

   • 2013, Mahin Hassibi, Disordered Thinking and Communication in Children:

     The child may have problems putting words and phrases in their right places, and gross missequences litter his speech when he attempts utterances of any length.

   • 2014, Christine Temple, Developmental Cognitive Neuropsychology, page 193:

     Amongst RB's errors, there were few examples of blender errors, in which there would be omissions or missequences in the component sounds of target words.

missequence (third-person singular simple present missequences, present participle missequencing, simple past and past participle missequenced)

1. To sequence incorrectly.
   • 1996, Seon Jong Chung, Information Highways for a Smaller World and Better Living:

     Missequencing is caused by adaptive routing strategies used within the network or by retransmission of missed TSDUs.

   • 2007, Sylvia Moody, Dyslexia: Surviving and Succeeding at College:

     You could missequence sounds in long words and so read 'conservation' as 'conversation'.

   • 2013, F. Lacquaniti, P. Viviani, Neural Bases of Motor Behaviour, page 137:

     The hypothesis that dyslexic children's unstable binocular fixation causes them to mislocate and missequence letters implies that they should be unable to locate any small visual target, not just letters.

   • 2020, Jed A. Yalof, Anthony D. Bram, Psychoanalytic Assessment Applications for Different Settings:

     Her errors centered on the weak retrieval of multiplication facts and a tendency to missequence steps in the problem-solving process—both of which were exacerbated by her anxiety; yet, she demonstrated a solid number sense and accurate math reasoning.