DEFECT
\dˈiːfɛkt], \dˈiːfɛkt], \d_ˈiː_f_ɛ_k_t]\
Definitions of DEFECT
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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an imperfection in a bodily system; "visual defects"; "this device permits detection of defects in the lungs"
By Princeton University
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an imperfection in a bodily system; "visual defects"; "this device permits detection of defects in the lungs"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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.
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To fail; to become deficient.
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To injure; to damage.
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Want or absence of something necessary for completeness or perfection; deficiency; - opposed to superfluity.
By Oddity Software
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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.
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To fail; to become deficient.
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To injure; to damage.
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Want or absence of something necessary for completeness or perfection; deficiency; - opposed to superfluity.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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n. [Latin] Want of something necessary for completeness or perfection;—imperfection, whether physical, intellectual, or moral; failing; blemish; deformity; deficiency; spot; taint.
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