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defect

N ข้อบกพร่อง  จุดอ่อน  จุด ผิดพลาด  มลทิน  ปมด้อย  ข้อ ตำหนิ  flaw blemish deficiency adequate strength koe-bok-prong

 

defect

VI ละทิ้ง  เปลี่ยนใจ  ย้าย พรรค  apostatize desert la-ting

 

defect from

PHRV ละทิ้ง  ออกจาก  la-ting

 

defect to

PHRV หลบหนี ออกจาก ประเทศ (เพื่อ ไป เข้าข้าง ประเทศ อื่น  lob-ni-ook-jak-pra-thed

 

defection

N การ เอาใจออกห่าง  การละทิ้ง  aol-jai-ook-hang

 

defective

ADJ มีข้อบกพร่อง  มี จุดอ่อน  มี ข้อ ตำหนิ  มี ข้อเสีย  ใช้งาน ไม่ได้  imperfect incomplete correct perfect me-kor-bok-prong

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DEFECT

n.[L. To fail; to make or do. ] 1. Want or absence of something necessary or useful towards perfection; fault; imperfection.
Errors have been corrected, and defects supplied.
We say, there are numerous defects in the plan, or in the work, or in the execution.
2. Failing; fault; mistake; imperfection in moral conduct, or in judgment.
A deep conviction of the defects of our lives tends to make us humble.
Trust not yourself; but, your defects to know,
Make use of every friend and every foe.
3. Any want, or imperfection, in natural objects; the absence of any thing necessary to perfection; any thing unnatural or misplaced; blemish; deformity. We speak of a defect in the organs of seeing or hearing, or in a limb; a defect in timber; a defect in an instrument, etc.

 

DEFECT

v.i.To be deficient.

 

DEFECTIBILITY

n.Deficiency; imperfection.

 

DEFECTIBLE

a.Imperfect; deficient; wanting.

 

DEFECTION

n. 1. Want or failure of duty; particularly, a falling away; apostasy; the act of abandoning a person or cause to which one is bound by allegiance or duty, or to which one has attached himself. Our defection from God is proof of our depravity. The cause of the king was rendered desperate by the defection of the nobles.
2. Revolt; used of nations or states.

 

DEFECTIVE

a. 1. Wanting either in substance, quantity or quality, or in any thing necessary; imperfect; as a defective limb; defective timber; a defective copy or book; a defective account. Defective articulation, in speaking, renders utterance indistinct.
2. Wanting in moral qualities; faulty; blamable; not conforming to rectitude or rule; as a defective character.
3. In grammar, a defective noun is one which wants a whole number or a particular case; an indeclinable noun.
4. A defective verb, is one which wants some of the tenses.

 

DEFECTIVELY

adv. In a defective manner; imperfectly.

 

DEFECTIVENESS

n.Want; the state of being imperfect; faultiness.

 

DEFECTUOSITY

n.Defectiveness; faultiness.

 

DEFECTUOUS

a.Full of defects.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DEFECT

De *fect ", n. Etym: [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 -- any every foe. Pope. Among boys little tenderness is shown to personal defects. Macaulay.

 

Syn. -- Deficiency; imperfection; blemish. See Fault.

 

DEFECT

DEFECT De *fect ", v. i.

 

Defn: To fail; to become deficient. [Obs. ] "Defected honor. " Warner.

 

DEFECT

DEFECT De *fect ", v. t.

 

Defn: To injure; to damage. "None can my life defect. " [R.] Troubles of Q. Elizabeth (1639 ).

 

DEFECTIBILITY

DEFECTIBILITY De *fect `i *bil "i *ty, n.

 

Defn: Deficiency; imperfection. [R.] Ld. Digby. Jer. Taylor.

 

DEFECTIBLE

DEFECTIBLE De *fect "i *ble, a.

 

Defn: Liable to defect; imperfect. [R.] "A defectible understanding. " Jer. Taylor.

 

DEFECTION

De *fec "tion, n. Etym: [L. defectio: cf. F. défection. See Defect. ]

 

Defn: Act of abandoning a person or cause to which one is bound by allegiance or duty, or to which one has attached himself; desertion; failure in duty; a falling away; apostasy; backsliding. "Defection and falling away from God. " Sir W. Raleigh. The general defection of the whole realm. Sir J. Davies.

 

DEFECTIONIST

DEFECTIONIST De *fec "tion *ist, n.

 

Defn: One who advocates or encourages defection.

 

DEFECTIOUS

DEFECTIOUS De *fec "tious, a.

 

Defn: Having defects; imperfect. [Obs. ] "Some one defectious piece. " Sir P. Sidney.

 

DEFECTIVE

De *fect "ive, a. Etym: [L. defectivus: cf. F. défectif. See Defect. ]

 

1. Wanting in something; incomplete; lacking a part; deficient; imperfect; faulty; -- applied either to natural or moral qualities; as, a defective limb; defective timber; a defective copy or account; a defective character; defective rules.

 

2. (Gram. )

 

Defn: Lacking some of the usual forms of declension or conjugation; as, a defective noun or verb. -- De *fect "ive *ly, adv. -- De *fect "ive *ness, n.

 

DEFECTUOSITY

De *fec `tu *os "i *ty, n. Etym: [Cf. F. défectuosité. ]

 

Defn: Great imperfection. [Obs. ] W. Montagu.

 

DEFECTUOUS

De *fec "tu *ous, a. Etym: [Cf. F. défectueux. ]

 

Defn: Full of defects; imperfect. [Obs. ] Barrow.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

defect

de fect 1 |ˈdēˌfekt ˈdifɛkt | noun a shortcoming, imperfection, or lack: genetic defects | the property is free from defect. ORIGIN late Middle English (as a noun, influenced by Old French defect deficiency ): from Latin defectus, past participle of deficere desert or fail, from de- (expressing reversal ) + facere do.

 

defect

de fect 2 |diˈfekt dəˈfɛkt | verb [ no obj. ] abandon one's country or cause in favor of an opposing one: he defected to the Soviet Union after the war. DERIVATIVES de fec tor |-tər |noun ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from Latin defect- failed, from the verb deficere (see defect 1 ).

 

defection

de fec tion |diˈfekSHən dɪˈfekʃn | noun the desertion of one's country or cause in favor of an opposing one: his defection from the Republican Party | a number of defections by leading ballet dancers.

 

defective

de fec tive |diˈfektiv dəˈfɛktɪv | adjective imperfect or faulty: complaints over defective goods. archaic or offensive mentally handicapped. lacking or deficient: dystrophin is commonly defective in muscle tissue. Grammar (of a word ) not having all the inflections normal for the part of speech. noun archaic or offensive a mentally handicapped person. DERIVATIVES de fec tive ly adverb, de fec tive ness noun

 

Oxford Dictionary

defect

defect 1 noun |ˈdiːfɛkt, dɪˈfɛkt |a shortcoming, imperfection, or lack: genetic defects | [ mass noun ] : the property is free from defect. ORIGIN late Middle English (as a noun, influenced by Old French defect deficiency ): from Latin defectus, past participle of deficere desert or fail , from de- (expressing reversal ) + facere do .

 

defect

defect 2 |dɪˈfɛkt | verb [ no obj. ] abandon one's country or cause in favour of an opposing one: he defected to the Soviet Union after the war. DERIVATIVES defector noun ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from Latin defect- failed , from the verb deficere (see defect 1 ).

 

defection

de |fec ¦tion |dɪˈfɛkʃn | noun [ mass noun ] the desertion of one's country or cause in favour of an opposing one: his defection from the Labour Party | [ count noun ] : a number of defections by leading ballet dancers.

 

defective

de ¦fect |ive |dɪˈfɛktɪv | adjective 1 imperfect or faulty: complaints over defective goods. lacking or deficient: dystrophin is commonly defective in muscle tissue. Grammar (of a word ) not having all the inflections normal for the part of speech. 2 dated or offensive having mental disabilities. noun dated or offensive a person with mental disabilities. DERIVATIVES defectively adverb, defectiveness noun

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

defect

defect 1 noun he spotted a defect in my work: fault, flaw, imperfection, deficiency, weakness, weak spot, inadequacy, shortcoming, limitation, failing; kink, deformity, blemish; mistake, error; informal glitch; Computing bug.

 

defect

defect 2 verb his chief intelligence officer defected: desert, change sides, turn traitor, rebel, renege; abscond, quit, jump ship, escape; break faith; secede from, revolt against; Military go AWOL; Politics cross the floor; literary forsake.

 

defection

defection noun his defection to the United States: desertion, absconding, decamping, flight; apostasy, secession; treason, betrayal, disloyalty; literary perfidy.

 

defective

defective adjective 1 a defective seat belt: faulty, flawed, imperfect, shoddy, inoperative, malfunctioning, out of order, unsound; in disrepair, broken; informal on the blink, on the fritz. ANTONYMS perfect. 2 these methods are defective: lacking, wanting, deficient, inadequate, insufficient.

 

defector

defector noun Cuban defectors sought refuge in Miami: deserter, turncoat, traitor, renegade, Judas, quisling; informal rat.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

defect (stress on the first syllable)

defect 1 |(stress on the first syllable )| noun a defect in the software: fault, flaw, imperfection, deficiency, weakness, weak spot /point, inadequacy, shortcoming, limitation, failing, obstruction; snag, kink, deformity, blemish, taint, crack, break, tear, split, scratch, chip, fracture, spot; mistake, error; Computing bug, virus; informal glitch, gremlin.

 

defect (stress on the second syllable)

defect 2 |(stress on the second syllable )| verb their ruthlessness discouraged army officers from defecting | one MP defected from the party: desert, go over to the enemy, change sides /loyalties /allegiances, turn traitor, rebel, renege, abscond, go AWOL, quit, escape; shift ground, break faith, be apostate, apostatize; abandon, renounce, repudiate, secede from, revolt against; informal rat on; archaic forsake; rare tergiversate.

 

defection

defection noun his defection to the United States: desertion, absconding, decamping, flight; changing sides /allegiances, apostasy, recantation, secession; treason, betrayal, disloyalty, rebellion, mutiny, perfidy; rare tergiversation, recreancy.

 

defective

defective adjective 1 a defective seat belt: faulty, flawed, imperfect, shoddy, inoperative, not working, not functioning, non-functioning, malfunctioning, out of order, unsound; weak, deficient, incomplete; in disrepair, broken, cracked, torn, scratched, deformed, warped, buckled; informal gone wrong, on the blink; Brit. informal knackered, duff. ANTONYMS working, perfect. 2 these methods are defective in strength and durability: lacking, wanting, deficient, inadequate, insufficient, short, low, scant.

 

defector

defector noun deserter, turncoat, traitor, rebel, renegade, tergiversator, apostate, recreant, Judas, quisling; informal rat.

 

French Dictionary

défectif

défectif , ive adj. adjectif grammaire Se dit d ’un verbe qui n ’a pas toute la série des formes de la conjugaison à laquelle il appartient. : Le verbe seoir est défectif.

 

défection

défection n. f. nom féminin Abandon d ’une cause, d ’un parti. : En 1980, ces athlètes soviétiques ont fait défection et ont demandé de rester au Canada.

 

défectueusement

défectueusement adv. adverbe De façon défectueuse.

 

défectueux

défectueux , euse adj. adjectif Qui manque des qualités, des conditions nécessaires, qui présente des défauts. : Le grille-pain est défectueux; il ne fonctionne plus. SYNONYME déréglé ; détraqué . Note Sémantique Ne pas confondre avec l ’adjectif déficient, insuffisant. Note Orthographique défectueu x.

 

défectuosité

défectuosité n. f. nom féminin Malfaçon, défaut. : Il y a une défectuosité dans le câblage du grille-pain.

 

Spanish Dictionary

defectible

defectible adjetivo Que puede faltar :esta actitud de conversión de los demás al cristianismo se tiene que intentar, pero siendo conscientes de que no se logrará jamás: es una actitud defectible .ANTÓNIMO indefectible .

 

defectivo, -va

defectivo, -va adjetivo ling [verbo ] Que no se usa en todos los modos, tiempos o personas de la conjugación :transgredir es un verbo defectivo .

 

defecto

defecto nombre masculino Imperfección o falta que tiene alguien o algo en alguna parte o de una cualidad o característica :al automóvil le hemos encontrado varios defectos; tiene un defecto físico de nacimiento; Juan tiene un pequeño defecto: es muy chismoso; hay que determinar cuáles son las sustancias que su cuerpo produce en exceso o en defecto .en defecto de + algo formal A falta de determinada cosa :la designación corresponderá a la asamblea legislativa o, en su defecto, al órgano colegiado superior; en defecto de acuerdo entre los cónyuges aprobado por el juez, el uso de la vivienda familiar corresponderá a los hijos naturales .por defecto i [inexactitud o diferencia ] Que consiste en menos, que no llega a lo que debiera :cociente inexacto por defecto; error por defecto; la estimación se realizó por defecto, pues el objeto medía más de lo que se había apreciado .ii inform Que automáticamente es la opción disponible, si no se elige otra opción :la computadora grabará el documento en este directorio por defecto .ETIMOLOGÍA Préstamo (s. xv ) del latín defectus desaparición, falta ’, derivado de deficere faltar ’ y este de facere hacer ’. De la familia etimológica de hacer (V.).

 

defectuoso, -sa

defectuoso, -sa adjetivo [cosa ] Que tiene algún defecto o imperfección :escritura defectuosa; remate defectuoso; genes defectuosos; los cuidadores del museo tienen que reconstruir a mano las piezas defectuosas .

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

defect

de fect /díːfekt, dɪfékt /名詞 s /-ts /C 1 «…の » 欠点 , 弱点, 短所 ; 欠陥 , 欠損 , (商品などの )きず (fault ) «in » character defects in him 彼の性格上の欠点 ▸ a defect in the law 法の不備 [瑕疵 かし ]2 (身体の )障害 ; 不足, 欠乏 ▸ a speech [hearing ] defect 言語 [聴覚 ]障害 in d fect of A Aがないので ; Aがない場合には .動詞 /dɪfékt /自動詞 «…へ » 亡命する; (会社 政党を辞めて )移る «to » ; «…から » 離党 [離脱 ]する ; 離れる, 辞める «from » defect to the enemy 敵側へ寝返る

 

defection

de f c tion 名詞 U C 【主に国家 主義 党からの 】離脱, 離反 «from » ; «…への » 逃亡, 寝返り «to » .

 

defective

de fec tive /dɪféktɪv /形容詞 機械 製品などが 〉欠陥のある, 不完全な ; (身体的に )欠陥のある ; 〈知能などが 〉平均以下の ; «…が » 不足している «in » ▸ a defective car 欠陥車 .~́ v rb 文法 欠如動詞 〘変化語形の不完全な can, may, must など .ly 副詞 ness 名詞

 

defector

de fec tor /dɪféktə r /名詞 C 亡命者 ; 離党者, (ほかの会社 グループなどに )移る人, 移籍者 .