5 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Defect \De*fect"\, 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.] ``Defected honor.''
--Warner.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Defect \De*fect"\, v. t.
To injure; to damage. ``None can my life defect.'' [R.]
--Troubles of Q. Elizabeth (1639).
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
defect
n 1: an imperfection in a bodily system; "visual defects"; "this
device permits detection of defects in the lungs"
2: a failing or deficiency; "that interpretation is an
unfortunate defect of our lack of information" [syn: {shortcoming}]
3: an imperfection in a device or machine; "if there are any
defects you should send it back to the manufacturer" [syn:
{fault}, {flaw}]
4: a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something
(especially on a person's body); "a facial blemish" [syn:
{blemish}, {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" [syn: {desert}]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:
defect
{bug}