defect
A fault or malfunction.
Example
“a defect in the ear or eye; a defect in timber or iron; a defect of memory or judgment”
Other meanings
The quantity or amount by which anything falls short.
A part by which a figure or quantity is wanting or deficient.
Related words
- defectible
- defectious
- defectless
- defectology
- microdefect
- re-defect
- stereodefect
- CHILD syndrome
- angular defect
- birth defect
- congenital heart defect
- crystallographic defect
Word history
From Latin "defectus" (a failure, lack).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “defect” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.