defect

Related to defect: mass defect, defect management, Software defect

defect from (something)

To leave some place, often under repressive conditions and when it is prohibited. I defected from my homeland after witnessing the atrocities carried out by the government.
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defect to (something)

To leave some place, often under repressive conditions and when it is prohibited, and go to another place. I defected to this country after witnessing the atrocities being carried out in my homeland.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

defect from something

to run away from something; to forsake something. Thousands of soldiers defected from the army. Roger would never think of defecting from the armed services.
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defect to something

to forsake one group and take up with another. Will he defect to the other side? David defected to a small East European country.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • defect from
  • defect from (something)
  • defect to
  • defect to (something)
  • seeing is believing
  • in at the death
  • in on the kill
  • repatriate to some place
  • no smoking
  • disinclined to
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The necessary amount of bucaal fat pad was then gently grasped using a none-toothed/de Bakey's forceps, mobilized, brought and spread over the defect. The fat pad was then sutured to the defect margins by simple, interrupted sutures with resorbable 3/0 vicryl.
BUCCAL FAT PAD IN RECONSTRUCTION OF ORAL DEFECTS
Lenders need the ability to not only manage multiple loan defect taxonomies, but to also drill down into their defects to determine the root cause and develop an appropriate course of action for redress.
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A survey was conducted to investigate the common types of defect in police reports through a questionnaire.
AN ADAPTATION OF REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING DEFECTS MANAGEMENT EFFORT: A SURVEY ON DEFECTS IN POLICE REPORT STATEMENTS
The first step is identifying which PCBs are the main drivers of defects. At SigmaTron International's Elk Grove Village (IL) facility, a custom defect data management system has been integrated into the company's proprietary iScore Product Management System to help in achieving this goal.
Benefits of defect data recording and analysis: the payoffs are seen in yield improvement and better customer communication
Results: A total of 20 patients (60% female and 40% male) with mean age of 38.75 years (SD=14.44), who under-went a reconstructive surgery for scalp defect, were assessed.
TO DETERMINE THE OUTCOMES OF FREE TISSUE TRANSFER FOR LARGE SCALP AND FOREHEAD DEFECTS RECONSTRUCTION
previous shoulder arthroplasty with a non-contained defect of the glenoid vault.
The Impact of Anterior Glenoid Defects on Reverse Shoulder Glenoid Fixation in a Composite Scapula Model
Potato defect is exactly this type of issue resulting in some roasters dismissing coffee from Rwanda, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Western Uganda, fearing that their batch could potentially have this defect.
New Technologies for Detecting Defects in Coffee
The birth defect rate jumped up to 58.8 per 1,000 live births, according to data from the USZPR, which found evidence of 26 infants and fetuses with brain or cranial defects in 442 completed pregnancies.
Zika-related birth defects in U.S. up 20-fold since outbreak began
In general, the distribution by maternal age was similar across birth defect categories.
Baseline prevalence of birth defects associated with congenital Zika virus infection--Massachusetts, North Carolina, and Atlanta, Georgia, 2013-2014
In 1983, the staff of CDC's Division of Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, modified the BPA coding system and created a 6-digit code for the birth defects classification system to provide more details of a birth defect [17].
Birth defects surveillance in the United States: challenges and implications of international classification of diseases, tenth revision, clinical modification implementation
Ryeco offers its Defect Marking System for nonwoven applications.
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BACK WITH A BANG: Every year, more than half a million people around the globe attend Defected In the House events.
Get set for Doha's date with Defected
Summary: An Articular Defects or a chondral injury may occur as a result of a twist or pivot on a bent knee, direct blow to the knee, or wear and tear as an individual gets older.
Articular Defects Treatment Market to Deliver Prominent Growth & Striking Opportunities during 2018-