defect (noun)
41latent defect — ➔ defect1 * * * latent defect UK US noun [C] ► PRODUCTION a defect or problem with a product, property, etc. that is hard to notice and may not be noticed before it is bought: »When buying real estate, a cracked foundation is a serious latent… …
42patent defect — ➔ defect1 * * * patent defect UK US noun [C] LAW ► a fault in a product, property, or document that could be noticed by careful examination, and is usually noticed before a sale or agreement: »The law recognises two types of defects: patent… …
43schottky defect — ˈshätkē noun Usage: usually capitalized S Etymology: after Walter Schottky b1886 German physicist : a defect in a crystal lattice created by removing an ion from its normal site and placing it on the crystal surface * * * /shot kee/, Crystall. an …
44Initial-stress-derived noun — Initial stress derivation is a phonological process in English, wherein stress is moved to the first syllable of any of several dozen verbs when they become nouns or adjectives. This is called a suprafix in linguistics. It is gradually becoming… …
45latent defect — /leɪtnt ˈdifɛkt/ (say laytnt deefekt) noun a hidden defect which could not have been discovered by reasonable examination …
46mass defect — /ˈmæs difɛkt/ (say mas deefekt) noun the difference between the mass of a nucleus and the total mass of its constituent particles, due to the loss of mass as binding energy …
47zero defects — ➔ defect1 * * * zero defects UK US noun [plural] PRODUCTION ► a system that tries to make certain that a company s products or services contain no problems that will cause them not to work correctly: »The company makes billions of things with… …
48defection — defect de‧fect 2 [dɪˈfekt] verb [intransitive] JOURNALISM 1. if the buyer of one product defects to another product, they stop buying the first one and start buying the second one: • They tried to retain customers who might defect to a credit… …
49color blindness — noun genetic inability to distinguish differences in hue • Syn: ↑colour blindness, ↑color vision deficiency, ↑colour vision deficiency • Derivationally related forms: ↑colour blind, ↑color blind • Hypernyms …
50colour blindness — noun genetic inability to distinguish differences in hue • Syn: ↑color blindness, ↑color vision deficiency, ↑colour vision deficiency • Derivationally related forms: ↑colour blind (for: ↑color blindness), ↑ …
