defect

defect
1. noun
1) (lack) Mangel, der
2) (shortcoming) Fehler, der; (in construction, body, mind, etc. also) Defekt, der
2. intransitive verb
überlaufen (to zu)
* * *
1. ['di:fekt] noun
(a fault or flaw: It was a basic defect in her character; a defect in the china.) der Fehler
2. [di'fekt] verb
(to leave a country, political party etc to go and join another; to desert: He defected to the West.) überwechseln
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- defective
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de·fect
I. n
[ˈdi:fekt]
1. (in product) Fehler m, Mangel m; TECH also Fehlstelle f
character \defect (fig) Charakterfehler m
2. TECH Defekt m (in an +dat)
3. MED
birth/speech \defect Geburts-/Sprachfehler m
II. vi
[dɪˈfekt]
POL
▪ to \defect [to a country] [in ein Land] überlaufen
to \defect to the West in den Westen flüchten
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I ['diːfekt]
n
Fehler m, Schaden m; (in mechanism also) Defekt m

physical defect — körperlicher Schaden or Defekt

hearing defect — Gehörfehler m, Gehörschaden m

sight defect — Sehfehler m, Sehschwäche f

character defect — Charakterfehler m

II [dɪ'fekt]
vi (POL)
sich absetzen; (fig) abtrünnig werden, abfallen

to defect to the enemy — zum Feind überlaufen

* * *
defect
A s [ˈdiːfekt; dıˈfekt]
1. Defekt m, Fehler m, schadhafte Stelle (alle:
in an dat, in dat):
a defect in character ein Charakterfehler;
defect of vision Sehfehler
2. Mangel m, Unvollkommenheit f, Schwäche f:
defect of judg(e)ment Mangel an Urteilskraft;
defect of memory Gedächtnisschwäche;
defect in title JUR Fehler m im Recht
3. (geistiger oder psychischer) Defekt
4. MED Gebrechen n
B v/i [dıˈfekt]
1. (from) abfallen (von), abtrünnig werden (dat)
2. (to) flüchten (zu, nach), (zum Feind) übergehen oder -laufen
* * *
1. noun
1) (lack) Mangel, der
2) (shortcoming) Fehler, der; (in construction, body, mind, etc. also) Defekt, der
2. intransitive verb
überlaufen (to zu)
* * *
n.
Defekt -e m.
Fehler - m.

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