Defect

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:

Examples

• Angular defect, 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 condition present at birth
• Crystallographic defect, defects in the crystal lattice of solid materials
• Latent defect, a fault in a property which could not have been discovered by a reasonably thorough inspection before completion or acquisition.
• Product defect, 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, 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

See also

• Defective (disambiguation)
• Fault (disambiguation)
• Flaw (disambiguation)