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Defect

noun

1.

An imperfection in a bodily system. "This device permits detection of defects in the lungs"

2.

A failing or deficiency. Synonym: shortcoming.

3.

An imperfection in an object or machine. Synonyms: fault, flaw. "If there are any defects you should send it back to the manufacturer"

4.

A mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body). Synonyms: blemish, mar.

verb

1.

Desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army. Synonym: desert.

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"Defect" Quotes from Famous Books

... way of laying the foundation in the individual as by the more tedious process of evolution she laid it in the race. The mental development of the normal infant is indicated by the increasing accuracy and delicacy of muscular coordination. The feeble-minded child very early shows its mental defect in the clumsy use of its muscles. Because of the functional relation of the voluntary muscles and the mentality, physical training is in a large degree mental training. When by such training we give dexterity to muscles of the growing person we are making possible better ...

— Popular Science Monthly Volume 86

... and the common Ministry of Austria-Hungary is responsible to the Delegations. This is true; but these exceptions are precisely of the class which prove the rule which they are cited to invalidate. The Cabinet system of the Dominion is a defect in the Canadian Constitution, and could not work were not Canada, by its position as a dependency, under the guidance of a power beyond the reach of the Dominion Parliament. What may be the real responsibility ...

— England's Case Against Home Rule • Albert Venn Dicey

... inventor. "We'll, we'll have to wait and see." He was busy now, going over every detail of the Humming-Bird. Mr. Damon helped him, and they discovered the defect in the equilibrium weights, ...

— Tom Swift and his Sky Racer - or, The Quickest Flight on Record • Victor Appleton

... readily explaining the method used in this species of experiment, which was first conceived by Mr de la Place. It would be difficult to procure such spheres of ices and inconvenient to make use of them when got; but, by means of the following apparatus, we have remedied that defect. I acknowledge the name of Calorimeter, which I have given it, as derived partly from Greek and partly from Latin, is in some degree open to criticism; but, in matters of science, a slight deviation from strict etymology, for the sake of giving distinctness of idea, is excusable; ...

— Elements of Chemistry, - In a New Systematic Order, Containing all the Modern Discoveries • Antoine Lavoisier

... cause of miscarriage consists in abnormalities in the lining of the uterus. Through inherent defect or acquired disease this tissue may become unsuited for anchoring or nourishing an ovum. In either event, a surgical procedure, known as curettage, affords the most likely means of restoring it to a healthful state. The operation removes the ...

— The Prospective Mother - A Handbook for Women During Pregnancy • J. Morris Slemons

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