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What (who) is defect - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Defect (disambiguation); Defects
Defect
·vi To Fail; to become deficient.
III. Defect ·noun Want or absence of something necessary for completeness or perfection; deficiency;
- opposed to superfluity.
IV. Defect ·noun 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.
defect
n. an imperfection, quite often so great that the machinery or written document cannot be used. A car that will not run or has faulty brakes has a defect, and so does a deed in which a party who signed the deed to give over property did not have title to the property described. There are also minor defects, like scratches that only lessen value but do not make an object useless.
See also: defective defective title
defect
I. n.
1.
Deficiency, lack, want, destitution, default.
2.
Imperfection, blemish, flaw.
3.
Fault, failing, foible.
II. v. n.
Abandon allegiance, break fealty, desert, revolt, fall away from duty.
Examples of use of defect
1. Improved family planning and birth–defect education.
2. He insisted he was "100 per cent sure" his passengers included Madeleine, four, saying he even noticed her famous eye defect as his son had a similar defect.
3. Cot death: Genetic defect could be to blame A genetic defect holds the key to cot death, British scientists have claimed.
4. The rare birth defect is known as a parasitic twin.
5. And practitioners who did suspect the defect were often wrong.