defect
31defect — noun /ˈdifɛkt / (say deefekt), /dəˈfɛkt / (say duh fekt) 1. a falling short; a fault or imperfection. 2. want or lack, especially of something essential to perfection or completeness; deficiency. –verb (i) /dəˈfɛkt / (say duh fekt) 3. to desert a …
32defect — An insufficiency; an absence of something necessary for completeness or perfection. Bolds v Budwig, 19 Neb 739, 741. See hidden defect; physical defect …
33defect — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Latin defectus lack, from deficere to desert, fail, from de + facere to do more at do Date: 15th century 1. a. an imperfection that impairs worth or utility ; shortcoming < the grave defects in our foreign… …
34defect — An imperfection, malformation, dysfunction, or absence; an attribute of quality, in contrast with deficiency, which is an attribute of quantity. [L. deficio, pp. fectus, to fail, to lack] aortic septal d., aorticopulmonary septal d. a small… …
35defect — de|fect1 [ di,fekt ] noun count ** a fault in someone or something: There are a few minor design defects. genetic defects defect de|fect 2 [ dı fekt ] verb intransitive to leave a country, political party, or organization and go to another one ╾… …
36defect — Frenkel defect …
37defect — defect1 noun di:fɛkt, dɪ fɛkt a shortcoming, imperfection, or lack. Origin ME: from L. defectus, past participle of deficere desert or fail , from de (expressing reversal) + facere do . defect2 [dɪ fɛkt] verb abandon one s country or cause in… …
38defect — I noun he spotted a defect in my work Syn: fault, flaw, imperfection, deficiency, weakness, weak spot, inadequacy, shortcoming, limitation, failing; kink, deformity, blemish; mistake, error; informal glitch; Computing bug II verb …
39defect — noun he spotted a defect in my work Syn: fault, flaw, imperfection, deficiency, deformity, blemish, mistake, error …
40defect — [ˈdiːfekt] noun [C] I a fault in someone or something II verb [I] defect [dɪˈfekt] to leave one country or political party and go to another one defection [dɪˈfekʃ(ə)n] noun [C/U] defector noun [C] …
