defect : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: defect	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for defect
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
defect n an imperfection in a bodily system; "visual defects"; "this device permits detection of defects in the lungs" a failing or deficiency; "that interpretation is an unfortunate defect of our lack of information" Synonym(s): defect, shortcoming 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" Synonym(s): defect, fault, flaw a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body); "a facial blemish" Synonym(s): blemish, defect, mar v 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" Synonym(s): defect, desert
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Defect \Defect"\, n. [L. defectus, fr. deficere, defectum, to desert, fail, be wanting; de- + facere to make, do. See {Fact}, {Feat}, and cf. {Deficit}.] 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 yourself; but, your defects to know, Make use of every friend -- and every foe. --Pope. Among boys little tenderness is shown to personal defects. --Macaulay. Syn: Deficiency; imperfection; blemish. See {Fault}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Defect \De*fect"\, v. i. To fail; to become deficient. [Obs.] [bd]Defected honor.[b8] --Warner.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Defect \De*fect"\, v. t. To injure; to damage. [bd]None can my life defect.[b8] [R.] --Troubles of Q. Elizabeth (1639).
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
defect {bug}