different between defection vs deficient
defection
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /d??f?k??n/
Noun
defection (countable and uncountable, plural defections)
- An act or incidence of defecting.
Related terms
Translations
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deficient
English
Etymology
From Latin deficiens, present participle of deficere (“to lack, fail, be wanting”); see defect.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /d??f???nt/
- Rhymes: -???nt
Adjective
deficient (comparative more deficient, superlative most deficient)
- Lacking something essential; often construed with in.
- Insufficient or inadequate in amount.
- (mathematics) Of a number n, Having the sum of divisors ?(n)<2n, or, equivalently, the sum of proper divisors (or aliquot sum) s(n)<n.
Related terms
- defect
- defection
- defective
- defector
- deficiency
- deficit
Translations
Further reading
- deficient in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- deficient in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin d?fici?ns.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /d?.fi.si?ent/
- (Central) IPA(key): /d?.fi.si?en/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /de.fi.si?ent/
Adjective
deficient (masculine and feminine plural deficients)
- deficient
Related terms
- deficiència
Further reading
- “deficient” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Latin
Verb
d?ficient
- third-person plural future active indicative of d?fici?
Romanian
Etymology
From French déficient
Adjective
deficient m or n (feminine singular deficient?, masculine plural deficien?i, feminine and neuter plural deficiente)
- deficient
Declension
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