Found 4 items, similar to defect.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak) Definition: defect cacat
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: defect cacat, cela, kekhilafan, kerusakan
English → English (WordNet) Definition: defect 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] defect 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]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Defect 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. [1913 Webster] Errors have been corrected, and defects supplied. --Davies. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] Trust not yourself; but, your defects to know, Make use of every friend -- and every foe. --Pope. [1913 Webster] Among boys little tenderness is shown to personal defects. --Macaulay. Syn: Deficiency; imperfection; blemish. See Fault. [1913 Webster] Defect \De*fect"\, v. i. To fail; to become deficient. [Obs.] “Defected honor.” --Warner. [1913 Webster] 2. to abandon one country or faction, and join another. [PJC] Defect \De*fect"\, v. t. To injure; to damage. “None can my life defect.” [R.] --Troubles of Q. Elizabeth (1639). [1913 Webster]