English Explanatory Dictionary

deficiency

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Inadequacy or incompleteness.
  2. An insufficiency, especially of something essential to health.
  3. The amount by which the number of double points on a curve is short of the maximum for curves of the same degree.
  4. The codimension of a linear system in the corresponding complete linear system.

Pronunciation

/dɪˈfɪʃənsi/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-deficiency.wav

Word forms

deficiency deficiencies

Etymology

From deficient + -cy. Compare Latin dēficientia.

Synonyms

lack lacking lackingness want shortage

Antonyms

sufficiency plenty plentitude plenitude excess surfeit

Derived words

acquired immune deficiency syndrome ARSA deficiency arylsulfatase A deficiency bideficiency boron deficiency curve deficiency deficiency disease deficiency letter gay-related immune deficiency haplodeficiency hematodeficiency hyperdeficiency immune deficiency immunodeficiency indeficiency iron deficiency magnetic field deficiency syndrome ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency phosphodeficiency pseudodeficiency
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