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defect
Found in thesaurus: imperfectness, imperfection, disadvantage, visual aspect, appearance, take flight, fly, flee
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defect
n.
imperfection; deficiency
v.
desert, abandon, change sides
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Defect
Defect, defects, or defected may refer to:
Geometry and physical sciences
- Angular defect in geometry, a characteristic of a polyhedron
- Crystallographic defect, a structural imperfection in a crystal
- Isoperimetric defect
- Topological defect
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defect
Noun
1. an imperfection in a bodily system; "visual defects"; "this device permits detection of defects in the lungs"
(hypernym) imperfection, imperfectness
(hyponym) myelatelia
2. a failing or deficiency; "that interpretation is an unfortunate defect of our lack of information"
(synonym) shortcoming
(hypernym) disadvantage
3. an imperfection in a device or machine; "if there are any defects you should send it back to the manufacturer"
(synonym) fault, flaw
(hypernym) imperfection, imperfectness
(hyponym) bug, glitch
4. a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body); "a facial blemish"
(synonym) blemish, mar
(hypernym) appearance, visual aspect
(hyponym) birthmark, nevus
Verb
1. 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"
(synonym) desert
(hypernym) flee, fly, take flight
(hyponym) rat
(entail) protest, resist, dissent
(derivation) apostasy, renunciation, defection
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defect
adj.
defective, faulty, flawed
defect (het)
n.
defect, fault, flaw
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defect
n.
vada; defekt; vadný
v.
emigrovat; přeběhnout; dezertovat
