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Defect Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Defect? [n] a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body); "a facial blemish" [n] a failing or deficiency; "that interpretation is an unfortunate defect of our lack of information" [n] an imperfection in a bodily system; "visual defects"; "this device permits detection of defects in the lungs" [n] an imperfection in a device or machine; "if there are any defects you should send it back to the manufacturer" [v] desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army; "If soldiers deserted Hitler's army, they were shot" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Defect: blemish \| desert \| fault \| flaw \| shortcoming Related Terms \| Find terms related to Defect: abandon \| abnormality \| acute disease \| affection \| affliction \| ailment \| allergic disease \| allergy \| apostacize \| apostatize \| arrearage \| atrophy \| back out \| bacterial disease \| betray \| birth defect \| birthmark \| blackhead \| bleb \| blemish \| blight \| blister \| bolt \| break \| break away \| bug \| bulla \| cardiovascular disease \| catch \| change sides \| check \| chronic disease \| cicatrix \| circulatory disease \| comedo \| complaint \| complication \| condition \| congenital defect \| crack \| crater \| craze \| dearth \| defacement \| defalcation \| default \| defection \| deficiency \| deficiency disease \| deficit \| deformation \| deformity \| degenerate \| degenerative disease \| depart \| desert \| disability \| discontinuity \| disease \| disfiguration \| disfigurement \| disorder \| distemper \| distortion \| drawback \| endemic \| endemic disease \| endocrine disease \| epidemic disease \| error \| escape \| failing \| failure \| fall away \| fall off \| fault \| faute \| flaw \| foible \| forsake \| frailty \| freckle \| functional disease \| fungus disease \| gap \| gastrointestinal disease \| genetic disease \| go \| go back on \| go over \| handicap \| hemangioma \| hereditary disease \| hiatus \| hickey \| hole \| iatrogenic disease \| illness \| imperfection \| inadequacy \| indisposition \| infectious disease \| infirmity \| insufficiency \| interval \| irregularity \| keloid \| kink \| lack \| lacuna \| leave \| lentigo \| let down \| liability \| little problem \| malady \| malaise \| mark \| milium \| miss \| missing link \| mistake \| mole \| morbidity \| morbus \| muscular disease \| need \| needle scar \| neurological disease \| nevus \| nutritional disease \| occupational disease \| omission \| organic disease \| outage \| pandemic disease \| pathological condition \| pathology \| pimple \| pit \| plant disease \| pock \| pockmark \| port-wine mark \| port-wine stain \| privation \| problem \| protozoan disease \| psychosomatic disease \| pull out \| pustule \| quit \| rat \| reject \| renegade \| renege \| renounce \| repudiate \| respiratory disease \| rift \| rockiness \| run out on \| scab \| scantiness \| scar \| scarceness \| scarcity \| scratch \| sebaceous cyst \| secede \| secondary disease \| seediness \| sell out \| shortage \| shortcoming \| shortfall \| sickishness \| sickness \| signs \| snag \| something missing \| split \| spurn \| stain \| strawberry mark \| sty \| switch \| switch over \| symptomatology \| symptomology \| symptoms \| syndrome \| taint \| tergiversate \| the pip \| track \| turn \| turn against \| turn cloak \| turn traitor \| twist \| ullage \| urogenital disease \| verruca \| vesicle \| vice \| virus disease \| vulnerable place \| wale \| want \| wantage \| warp \| wart \| wasting disease \| weak link \| weak point \| weakness \| weal \| welt \| wen \| whitehead \| withdraw \| worm disease See Also \| birth defect \| birthmark \| blackhead \| blot \| bug \| burn \| burn mark \| chatter mark \| check \| chip \| comedo \| congenital abnormality \| congenital anomaly \| congenital defect \| congenital disorder \| crack \| daub \| dent \| disadvantage \| dissent \| flee \| fly \| glitch \| gouge \| hole \| imperfection \| imperfectness \| mark \| milium \| mole \| myelatelia \| nevus \| nick \| protest \| rat \| resist \| scar \| scrape \| scratch \| slur \| smear \| smirch \| smudge \| spot \| stigma \| take flight \| ugliness \| verruca \| wart \| whitehead Defect In Webster's Dictionary \Defect"\, n. [L. defectus, fr. deficere, defectum, to desert, fail, be wanting; de- + facere to make, do. See {Fact}, {Feat}, and cf. {Deficit}.] 1. Want or absence of something necessary for completeness or perfection; deficiency; -- opposed to superfluity. Errors have been corrected, and defects supplied. --Davies. 2. Failing; fault; imperfection, whether physical or moral; blemish; as, a defect in the ear or eye; a defect in timber or iron; a defect of memory or judgment. Trust not yourself; but, your defects to know, Make use of every friend -- and every foe. --Pope. Among boys little tenderness is shown to personal defects. --Macaulay. Syn: Deficiency; imperfection; blemish. See {Fault}. \Defect"\, v. i. To fail; to become deficient. [Obs.] ``Defected honor.'' --Warner. \De*fect"\, v. t. To injure; to damage. ``None can my life defect.'' [R.] --Troubles of Q. Elizabeth (1639).

Defect Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Defect?

[n] a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body); "a facial blemish"
[n] a failing or deficiency; "that interpretation is an unfortunate defect of our lack of information"
[n] an imperfection in a bodily system; "visual defects"; "this device permits detection of defects in the lungs"
[n] an imperfection in a device or machine; "if there are any defects you should send it back to the manufacturer"
[v] desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army; "If soldiers deserted Hitler's army, they were shot"

Defect In Webster's Dictionary

\De*fect"\, n. [L. defectus, fr. deficere, defectum, to
desert, fail, be wanting; de- + facere to make, do. See
{Fact}, {Feat}, and cf. {Deficit}.]
1. Want or absence of something necessary for completeness or
   perfection; deficiency; -- opposed to superfluity.

         Errors have been corrected, and defects supplied.
                                               --Davies.

2. Failing; fault; imperfection, whether physical or moral;
   blemish; as, a defect in the ear or eye; a defect in
   timber or iron; a defect of memory or judgment.

         Trust not yourself; but, your defects to know, Make
         use of every friend -- and every foe. --Pope.

         Among boys little tenderness is shown to personal
         defects.                              --Macaulay.

Syn: Deficiency; imperfection; blemish. See {Fault}.


\De*fect"\, v. i.
To fail; to become deficient. [Obs.] ``Defected honor.''
--Warner.


\De*fect"\, v. t.
To injure; to damage. ``None can my life defect.'' [R.]
--Troubles of Q. Elizabeth (1639).

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