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Definition of Defect
1. Verb. 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"
Generic synonyms: Flee, Fly, Take Flight
Entails: Dissent, Protest, Resist
Specialized synonyms: Rat
Derivative terms: Defection, Defection, Defector, Deserter, Deserter, Desertion
2. Noun. An imperfection in a bodily system. "This device permits detection of defects in the lungs"
Generic synonyms: Imperfection, Imperfectness
3. Noun. A failing or deficiency. "That interpretation is an unfortunate defect of our lack of information"
4. Noun. An imperfection in an object or machine. "If there are any defects you should send it back to the manufacturer"
Generic synonyms: Imperfection, Imperfectness
Specialized synonyms: Blister, Bug, Glitch, Hole
Derivative terms: Faulty, Flaw
5. Noun. A mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body). "A facial blemish"
Generic synonyms: Appearance, Visual Aspect
Specialized synonyms: Birthmark, Nevus, Chatter Mark, Check, Chip, Crack, Dent, Ding, Gouge, Nick, Mole, Mark, Scar, Scrape, Scratch, Burn, Burn Mark, Blot, Daub, Slur, Smear, Smirch, Smudge, Spot, Stigma, Verruca, Wart, Milium, Whitehead, Blackhead, Comedo
Derivative terms: Blemish, Blemish, Blemish, Mar
Definition of Defect
1. n. Want or absence of something necessary for completeness or perfection; deficiency; -- opposed to superfluity.
2. v. i. To fail; to become deficient.
3. v. t. To injure; to damage.
Definition of Defect
1. Noun. A fault or malfunction. ¹
2. Verb. (intransitive) To abandon or turn against; to cease or change one's loyalty. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Defect
1. to desert an allegiance [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Medical Definition of Defect
1. 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 any every foe." (Pope) "Among boys little tenderness is shown to personal defects." (Macaulay) Synonym: Deficiency, imperfection, blemish. See Fault. Origin: L. Defectus, fr. Deficere, defectum, to desert, fail, be wanting; de- + facere = to make, do. See Fact, Feat, and cf. Deficit. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Defect
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