defect

  • 11Defect — De*fect , v. i. To fail; to become deficient. [Obs.] Defected honor. Warner. [1913 Webster] 2. to abandon one country or faction, and join another. [PJC] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 12Defect — Defect. См. Дефект. (Источник: «Металлы и сплавы. Справочник.» Под редакцией Ю.П. Солнцева; НПО Профессионал , НПО Мир и семья ; Санкт Петербург, 2003 г.) …

    Словарь металлургических терминов

  • 13Defect — (v. lat.), als Adjectiv mangelhaft, nicht vollzählig, nicht vorhanden; als Substantiv Mangel, Fehler; Defectbogen, ein Bogen in einem verkauften Buche, welcher einzulegen vergessen od. beschädigt worden ist u. von dem Buchbinder nachverlangt… …

    Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • 14Defect — Defêct, er, este, adj. et adv. aus dem Latein. defectivus, nicht alle gehörige oder wesentliche Theile habend, mangelhaft. Ein defectes Buch, woran etwas fehlet …

    Grammatisch-kritisches Wörterbuch der Hochdeutschen Mundart

  • 15defect — 1 *lack, want, dearth, absence, privation Analogous words: deficiency, defectiveness (see corresponding adjectives at DEFICIENT): *need, necessity, exigency 2 flaw, *blemish Analogous words: *fault …

    New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • 16defect — should be pronounced with stress on the first syllable as a noun (= fault, imperfection) and on the second syllable as a verb (= to go over to an enemy or rival) …

    Modern English usage

  • 17defect — I n. 1) to correct a defect 2) a glaring defect 3) a birth, congenital; hearing; mechanical; mental; physical; speech; structural defect 4) a defect in (there was a defect in the transmission) II v. ( to desert ) 1) (D; intr.) to defect from (to… …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 18defect — The want or absence of some legal requisite; deficiency; imperfection; insufficiency. Galloway v. City of Winchester, 299 Ky. 87, 184 S.W.2d 890, 892, 893. The absence of something necessary for completeness or perfection; a deficiency in… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 19defect — The want or absence of some legal requisite; deficiency; imperfection; insufficiency. Galloway v. City of Winchester, 299 Ky. 87, 184 S.W.2d 890, 892, 893. The absence of something necessary for completeness or perfection; a deficiency in… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 20defect — defectible, adj. defectibility, n. defectless, adj. n. /dee fekt, di fekt /; v. /di fekt /, n. 1. a shortcoming, fault, or imperfection: a defect in an argument; a defect in a machine. 2. lack or want, esp. of something essential to perfection or …

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