A defect is a physical, functional, or aesthetic attribute of a product or service that exhibits that the product or service failed to meet one of the desired specifications. Defect, defects or defected may also refer to:
Examples
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Angular defect In geometry, the (angular) defect (or deficit or deficiency) means the failure of some angles to add up to the expected amount of 360° or 180°, when such angles in the Euclidean plane would. The opposite notion is the excess.
Classically the defe ...
, failure of some angles to add up to the expected amount of 360° or 180°, when such angles in the Euclidean plane would
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Birth defect, a condition present at birth
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Crystallographic defect, defects in the crystal lattice of solid materials
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Latent defect, a fault in a property which could not have been discovered by a reasonably thorough inspection before completion or acquisition.
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Product defect, a characteristic of a product which hinders its usability
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Software bug
A software bug is an error, flaw or fault in the design, development, or operation of computer software that causes it to produce an incorrect or unexpected result, or to behave in unintended ways. The process of finding and correcting bugs i ...
, a failure of computer software to meet requirements
* Social defect, a sociological disorder
Music
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Defected Records, a music label
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The Defects
The Defects are a punk rock band from Belfast, Northern Ireland, formed in 1978
History
The band formed in 1978 with a lineup of Ian "Buck" Murdock (vocals), Marcus "Dukie" Duke (guitar), Greg Fenton(bass) and Glenn Kingsmore (drums).Glasper, Ia ...
, a Northern-Irish punk rock band
Other uses
* Defect, the action of
defection
In politics, a defector is a person who gives up allegiance to one state in exchange for allegiance to another, changing sides in a way which is considered illegitimate by the first state. More broadly, defection involves abandoning a person, ca ...
, abandoning allegiance to one country for another
See also
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Defective (disambiguation)
Defective may refer to::
*Defective matrix, in algebra
*Defective verb, in linguistics
*Defective, or ''haser'', in Hebrew orthography, a spelling variant that does not include mater lectionis
*Something presenting an anomaly, such as a product de ...
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Fault (disambiguation)
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Flaw (disambiguation)
Flaw or Flaws may refer to:
Music Artists
* Flaw (band), an American numetal band
* The Flaws, an Irish indie-rock band
Albums
* ''Flaw'' (album), by Flaw, 1998
* ''Flaws'' (album), by Bombay Bicycle Club, 2010
Songs
* "Flaws" (song) ...
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