minor defect

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• minor — mi·nor 1 n: a person who has not yet reached the age of majority compare adult, juvenile, major minor 2 adj 1 a: being less important or serious …   Law dictionary

• defect — ▪ I. defect de‧fect 1 [dɪˈfekt,ˈdiːfekt] noun [countable] MANUFACTURING a fault in something that means it is not perfect: • They recalled the vehicles because of brake defects. • an effort to improve customer satisfaction and reduce product… …   Financial and business terms

• defect — de·fect / dē ˌfekt, di fekt/ n: something or a lack of something that results in incompleteness, inadequacy, or imperfection: as a: a flaw in something (as a product) esp. that creates an unreasonable risk of harm in its normal use see also… …   Law dictionary

• defect — [dē′fekt΄; ] also, and for v. always [, dē fekt′, difekt′] n. [ME < L defectus < deficere, to undo, fail < de , from + facere, to DO1] 1. lack of something necessary for completeness; deficiency; shortcoming 2. an imperfection or… …   English World dictionary

• defect — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ fundamental, major, obvious, serious, severe ▪ a fundamental defect in the product ▪ mild, minor …   Collocations dictionary

• defect — 01. Thousands of cars are being recalled due to a [defect] in the steering system. 02. The accident was caused by a [defect] in the landing gear of the airplane. 03. My brother had a slight hearing [defect] which was corrected with a hearing aid …   Grammatical examples in English

• defect — I UK [ˈdiːfekt] / US [ˈdɪˌfekt] noun [countable] Word forms defect : singular defect plural defects ** a fault in someone or something There are a few minor design defects. genetic defects II UK [dɪˈfekt] / US verb [intransitive] Word forms… …   English dictionary

• minor — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun Minor is used after these nouns: ↑undergraduate {{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}} adj. VERBS ▪ be, seem ADVERB ▪ extremely, fairly …   Collocations dictionary

• defect — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. blemish, fault, flaw, imperfection; deficiency, lack, incompleteness. v. i. desert, flee, abandon. See relinquishment, escape. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A lack of something needed] Syn. deficiency,… …   English dictionary for students

• defect — de|fect1 [ di,fekt ] noun count ** a fault in someone or something: There are a few minor design defects. genetic defects defect de|fect 2 [ dı fekt ] verb intransitive to leave a country, political party, or organization and go to another one ╾… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• Minor anomaly — An unusual anatomic feature that is of no serious medical or cosmetic consequence to the patient. A minor anomaly of the feet might, for example, be curvature of the second toe so it overlaps the third toe a little. A major anomaly, by contrast,… …   Medical dictionary