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defect

de·fect

UK/dɪˈfɛkt/ US/dɪˈfɛkt/ fairly common
noun (4) verb (1)

noun

1.

an imperfection in a bodily system

  • “visual defects”
  • “this device permits detection of defects in the lungs”
2.

the property of being very new

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3.

an imperfection in a device or machine

  • “if there are any defects you should send it back to the manufacturer”
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4.

a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person''s body)

  • “a facial blemish”
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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”
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Phrases

  • angular defect
  • birth defect
  • bulk defect
  • CHILD syndrome
  • congenital heart defect
  • crystallographic defect
  • defect of one's qualities
  • Frenkel defect

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