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:

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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 *

Birth defect A birth defect, also known as a congenital disorder, is an abnormal condition that is present at birth regardless of its cause. Birth defects may result in disabilities that may be physical, intellectual, or developmental. The disabilities ca ...

, a condition present at birth *

Crystallographic defect A crystallographic defect is an interruption of the regular patterns of arrangement of atoms or molecules in crystalline solids. The positions and orientations of particles, which are repeating at fixed distances determined by the unit cell para ...

, defects in the crystal lattice of solid materials *

Latent defect In the law of the sale of property (both real estate and personal property or chattels) a latent defect is a fault in the property that could not have been discovered by a reasonably thorough inspection before the sale. The general law of the sa ...

, a fault in a property which could not have been discovered by a reasonably thorough inspection before completion or acquisition. *

Product defect A product defect is any characteristic of a product which hinders its usability for the purpose for which it was designed and manufactured. Product defects arise most prominently in legal contexts regarding product safety, where the term is appli ...

, a characteristic of a product which hinders its usability ** Software bug, a failure of computer software to meet requirements * Social defect, a sociological disorder

Music

Defected Records 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 ...

, a music label * The Defects, a Northern-Irish punk rock band

Other uses

* Defect, the action of defection, abandoning allegiance to one country for another

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