deficiency – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
deficiency
n.
lack, shortage; defect
Deficiency
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deficiency is generally a lack of something. It may also refer to:
- A deficient number, in mathematics, a number n for which s(n) < 2n
- Angular deficiency, in geometry, the difference between a sum of angles and the corresponding sum in a Euclidean plane
- Deficiency (medicine), including various types of malnutrition, as well as genetic diseases caused by deficiencies of endogenously produced proteins.
- A deficiency in construction, an item, or condition that is considered sub-standard, or below minimum expectations
- Genetic deletion, in genetics, is also called a deficiency
- A deficiency judgment, in the law of real estate
- A tax deficiency, an amount owed in taxes over and above what has been submitted in payment
deficiency
Noun
1. the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable; "there is a serious lack of insight into the problem"; "water is the critical deficiency in desert regions"; "for want of a nail the shoe was lost"
(synonym) lack, want
(hypernym) need, demand
(hyponym) absence
2. lack of an adequate quantity or number; "the inadequacy of unemployment benefits"
(synonym) insufficiency, inadequacy
(hypernym) amount
(hyponym) meagerness, meagreness, poorness, scantiness, scantness, exiguity
deficiency
n.
závada; nedostatek
deficiency
Rzecz.
niedobór; niedostatek; niedoskonałość
