Definition of "defect" verb: 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" noun: a failing or deficiency; "that interpretation is an unfortunate defect of our lack of information" noun: an imperfection in a bodily system; "visual defects"; "this device permits detection of defects in the lungs" noun: 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"

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	WikiPedia definition of "defect" Defect or defected may refer to: Defect (geometry) Defected Records, a music label; Crystallographic defect, a structural imperfection in a crystal; Congenital disorder, a medical ... (More) Crystalline solids have a very regular atomic structure: that is, the local positions of atoms with respect to each other are repeated at the atomic scale. (More) A congenital heart defect (CHD) is a defect in the structure of the heart and great vessels of a newborn. Most heart defects either obstruct blood flow in the heart or vessels near ... (More) Congenital disorder involves defects or damage to a developing fetus. It may be the result of genetic abnormalities, the intrauterine environment, errors of morphogenesis, or a ... (More) In geometry, the defect (or deficit) of a vertex of a polyhedron is the amount by which the sum of the angles of the faces at the vertex falls short of a full circle. (More) When people tried to "defect" from the GDR they were to be shot on sight. Several hundred people were killed along the border in their Republikflucht attempt. (More) Usage of the term "bug" to describe inexplicable defects has been a part of engineering jargon for many decades and predates computers and computer software; it may have originally ... (More) A defect detector is a device used on railroads to detect and signal problems in passing trains. The detectors are normally integrated into the tracks and often include sensors to ... (More) Crystallographic defects in the crystal lattice of diamond are common; they may be the result of extrinsic substitutional impurities, or intrinsic (interstitial and structural ... (More) Glaze defects are any flaws in the surface quality of a ceramic glaze, its physical structure, or its interaction with the clay body. (More)

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