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defect Crystallog a local deviation from regularity in the crystal lattice of a solid defect [′dē‚fekt] (science and technology) An irregularity that spoils the appearance or impairs the usefulness or effectiveness of an object or a material by causing weakness or failure.
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| Alex Padilla, D-Van Nuys, is back at work after brain surgery to correct a congenital defect, but he has been thrust immediately into the real world of politics. It's hard to read Ron Powers' engaging new Mark Twain: A Life (Free Press) and not conclude that there's a congenital defect in the very heart of American literature. Spontaneous cerebrospinal fluid otorrhea in association with a congenital defect of the cochlear aqueduct and Mondini dysplasia. |
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