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defect::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | desert |
| Type of | take flight, flee, fly |
| Has types | rat |
| Derivation | defection, defector |
defect::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | blemish, mar |
| Type of | appearance, visual aspect |
| Has types | blot, burn, burn mark, chatter mark, check, chip, comedo, birthmark, blackhead, daub, dent, ding, gouge, mark, milium, mole, nevus, nick, scar, scrape, scratch, slur, smear, smirch, smudge, spot, stigma, verruca, wart, whitehead, crack |
defect::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | fault, flaw |
| Type of | imperfection, imperfectness |
| Has types | glitch, blister, bug, hole |
if there are any defects you should send it back to the manufacturer.
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | shortcoming |
| Type of | disadvantage |
that interpretation is an unfortunate defect of our lack of information.
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | imperfection, imperfectness |
| Has types | congenital defect, congenital disorder, myelatelia, congenital abnormality, birth defect, congenital anomaly |
visual defects.
this device permits detection of defects in the lungs.
Examples of defect
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Widnerlande had a ventricular septal defect that was causing her heart to swell.
From the sacbee.com
If the bottom end of the tube fails to close, the defect is called spina bifida.
From the charlotteobserver.com
Isaiah was born with hypoplastic left heart syndrome, a congenital birth defect.
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He was born with a serious eye defect that handicapped him throughout childhood.
From the independent.co.uk
Should Bay defect, the Red Sox are expected to turn their attention to Holliday.
From the bostonherald.com
The defect inactivates a gene that is critical to the body's perception of pain.
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Thus, a very small defect in the airway can cause a big decrease in performance.
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The defect, which affects the brain, leads to excessive production of uric acid.
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That could have been a wiring defect from the time the building was constructed.
From the dailyherald.com
- An imperfection in a bodily system; "visual defects"; "this device permits detection of defects in the lungs"
- 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"
- A failing or deficiency; "that interpretation is an unfortunate defect of our lack of information"
- An imperfection in an object or machine; "a flaw caused the crystal to shatter"; "if there are any defects you should send it back to the manufacturer"
- Blemish: a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body); "a facial blemish"
- (defective) having a defect; "I returned the appliance because it was defective"
- In geometry, the (angular) defect (or deficit or deficiency) means the failure of some angles to add up to the expected amount of 360u00B0 or 180u00B0, when such angles in the plane would. The opposite notion is the excess.
- (The Defects) The Defects were a punk rock band from Belfast, Northern Ireland, formed in 1979.
- A fault or malfunction; To abandon or turn against; to cease or change one's loyalty
