
1) Birthmark 2) Blackhead 3) Blemish 4) Blot 5) Break ranks 6) Comedo 7) Decrement 8) Deficiency 9) Deformity 10) Error 11) Fault 12) Flaw 13) Glitch 14) Gouge 15) Jump ship 16) Malformation 17) Milium 18) Myelatelia 19) Nevus 20) Nick 21) Scar 22) Seekasylum 23) Shortcoming 24) Smirch 25) Stain 26) Verruca
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1) Blemish 2) Cause for a recall 3) Change sides by mistake 4) Deformity 5) Fault 6) Flaw 7) Flaw found at 600 feet 8) Flaw, imperfection 9) French word used in English 10) Go over to the enemy 11) Imperfection 12) Imperfectness 13) Irregularity 14) Join the opposition 15) Malformation 16) Malfunction
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- an imperfection in a bodily system
- a failing or deficiency
- an imperfection in a device or machine
- a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body)
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• (v. t.) To injure; to damage. • (v. i.) To fail; to become deficient. • (n.) Want or absence of something necessary for completeness or perfection; deficiency; -- opposed to superfluity. • (n.) Failing; fault; imperfection, whether physical or moral; blemish; as, a defect in the ear or eye; a defect in timber or iron; a defect...
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(F défaut, R defect) The non-conformity of the result of a test with the specification for a characteristic (ISO 2071). In Building Pathology, used sometimes almost as a synonym of 'fault' or 'failure', but preferred meaning is to indicate only a deviation from some (perceived) standard which may, but will not necessarily result in a failure
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A discontinuity whose size, shape, orientation, location or properties make it detrimental to the useful service of the part in which it occurs or which exceeds the accept/reject criteria for the given design. A rejectable discontinuity (an unacceptable l
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A fault or problem.
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1. Want or absence of something necessary for completeness or perfection; deficiency; opposed to superfluity. 'Errors have been corrected, and defects supplied.' (Davies) ... 2. 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. 'Trust not you...
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(de´fekt) an imperfection, failure, or absence. adj., defec´tive., adj.
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n. An imperfection so great that the item cannot be utilized, such as faulty breaks in a car. Minor defects reduce the value of the item, but do not affect its ability to be utilized. For example: a scratch on the car's bumper.
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An irregularity found in a board that lowers its strength and value. Common defects are knots, staining, checks, etc..
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De·fect' intransitive verb To fail; to become deficient. [ Obsolete] '
Defected honor.'
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De·fect' noun [ Latin
defectus , from
deficere ,
defectum , to desert, fail, be wanting;
de- +
facere to make, do. See
Fact ,
Feat , and confer
Deficit .]
1. Want or absence of something necessary for completeness or perfection; defic...
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De·fect' transitive verb To injure; to damage. 'None can my life
defect .' [ R.]
Troubles of Q. Elizabeth (1639). Found on
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A flaw in a component or system that can cause the component or system to fail to perform its required function, e.g. an incorrect statement or data definition. A defect, if encountered during execution, may cause a failure of the component or system....
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An imperfection in a product, machinery, process, or written document that makes the item unusable or harmful, such as faulty brakes in a car, or invalid, such as a deed signed by someone who does not have title to the property. A defect may also be minor, such as scratches on a car door, that lessens value or use of the item, but does not make it ...
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Characteristic which reduces the possibility of survival or impairs the producing ability of the animal. Deleterious alleles
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1) Anything that renders the steel unfit for the specific use for which it was ordered. What is defective for one customer may be prime steel for another. 2) A variety of quality problems in a coil. Examples are punchmarks, roll marks, oil spots, and scratches.
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noun a failing or deficiency; `that interpretation is an unfortunate defect of our lack of information`
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fault noun an imperfection in a device or machine; `if there are any defects you should send it back to the manufacturer`
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Any less-than-ideal quality factor in a cheese, often due to improper manufacture, handling or contamination. Defects can refer to packaging, finish, surface, texture or taste.
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any characteristic that makes a chicken less than perfect
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a shortcoming, fault, or imperfection: a defect in an argument; a defect in a machine. · lack or want, esp. of something essential to perfection or completeness; deficiency: a defect in hearing. · Also calleda discontinuity in the lattice of a crystal caused by missing or extra atoms or ions, or by dislocations.
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A discontinuity in the product whose severity is judged unacceptable in accordance with the applicable product specification.
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[The Glass Menagery] an imperfection in a bodily system
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