Phrase Hound found 16 phrases and 14 compound words that contain defect. The most common are listed below. Open defect in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 16
- birth defectAny of several medical disorders that are present at birth.
- mass defectthe difference between the mass of an atom and the sum of the masses of its individual components in the free state; equivalent to the binding energy
- angular defectThe amount by which the sum of the interior angles of a triangle is less than 180° (π radians); the amount by which the sum of the internal angles of a polygon is less than what would be expected on the Euclidean plane.
- congenital heart defectA defect in the structure of the heart and great vessels present at birth.
- bulk defectA type of crystallographic defect; three-dimensional, including pores, voids, or empty spaces, inclusions (foreign particles), precipitates, and large-scale compositional variations.
- line defectA type of crystallographic defect; one-dimensional, including edges and screw dislocations.
- point defectA type of crystallographic defect; zero-dimensional, including vacancies and interstitials.
- title defectA problem with the chain of title to a parcel of real property that exposes the putative owner of the property to a potential legal dispute over the ownership of the property.
- planar defectA type of crystallographic defect; two-dimensional, including grain boundaries and stacking faults.
- crystallographic defectA localized disruption in the perfect, repeating arrangement of atoms in a crystal lattice, occurring at a single point or around one atom, significantly influencing material properties like conductivity and strength; the main types …
- Schottky defectA type of point defect in a crystal lattice in which a set of points in the lattice (anion and cation sites) are vacant in such a way that the overall charge of the solid is neutral.
- Frenkel defectA type of point defect in crystalline solids, occurring when an atom or smaller ion (usually cation) leaves its place in the lattice, creating a vacancy, and becomes an interstitial by lodging in a nearby location.
- re-defectAlternative form of redefect: To defect again.
- organic defecta disease present since birth that is not the result of a genetic anomaly
- volume defectSynonym of bulk defect: A type of crystallographic defect; three-dimensional, including pores, voids, or empty spaces, inclusions (foreign particles), precipitates, and large-scale compositional variations.
- defect of one's qualitiesA virtue carried to excess, or other fault apt to accompany or flow from good qualities.
Compound words 14
- defectoscopeAny of various devices for testing materials for defects or irregularities that are not visible to the naked eye.
- defectoscopicPertaining to defectoscopy.
- defectoscopyThe technological detection of defects or irregularities in materials.
- defectiveHaving one or more defects.
- defectionAn act or incidence of defecting.
- defectorsplural of defector: One who defects.
- defectionsplural of defection: An act or incidence of defecting.
- defectivesplural of defective: Having one or more defects.
- defectlesswithout a defect
- defectologyThe training of teachers of handicapped children.