corrected defect

  • 1Defect — 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… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 2defect — The want or absence of some legal requisite; deficiency; imperfection; insufficiency. Galloway v. City of Winchester, 299 Ky. 87, 184 S.W.2d 890, 892, 893. The absence of something necessary for completeness or perfection; a deficiency in… …

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  • 3defect — The want or absence of some legal requisite; deficiency; imperfection; insufficiency. Galloway v. City of Winchester, 299 Ky. 87, 184 S.W.2d 890, 892, 893. The absence of something necessary for completeness or perfection; a deficiency in… …

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  • 4defect — 01. Thousands of cars are being recalled due to a [defect] in the steering system. 02. The accident was caused by a [defect] in the landing gear of the airplane. 03. My brother had a slight hearing [defect] which was corrected with a hearing aid …

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  • 5Corrected — Correct Cor*rect , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Corrected}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Correcting}.] 1. To make right; to bring to the standard of truth, justice, or propriety; to rectify; as, to correct manners or principles. [1913 Webster] This is a defect in… …

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  • 6Atrial septal defect — PFO redirects here. For the airport, see Paphos International Airport. Atrial septal defect Classification and external resources Heart of human embryo of about thirty five days ICD 10 …

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  • 7Casting defect — A casting defect is an irregularity in the metal casting process that is undesired. Some defects can be tolerated while others can be repaired otherwise they must be eliminated. They are broken down into five main categories: gas porosity,… …

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  • 8typeface defect —    Any peculiarity in typewriting resulting from actual damage to the typeface metal. It may be an actual break in the outline of the letter where the metal is chipped away, sometimes referred to as broken type, or a distorted outline of the… …

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  • 9alignment defect —    Characters that write improperly in the following respects: a twisted letter, horizontal malalignment, vertical malalignment, or a character “off itsfeet.” These defects can be corrected by special adjustments to the typebar and typeblock of a …

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  • 10permanent defect —    Any identifying characteristic of a typewriter that cannot be corrected by simply cleaning the typeface or replacing the ribbon. Actually, this term in not absolutely accurate, since all defects in typewriters undergo modification and change… …

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