miscentering

Etymology

From mis- + centering.

miscentering means A mistaken centering. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.

noun

A mistaken centering“Galaxy cluster miscentering is especially a concern for stacked weak lensing shear studies of galaxy clusters, where offsets between the assumed and the true underlying matter distribution can lead to a significant bias in the mass estimates if not accounted for.”