deficient

See also: déficient

English

Etymology

From Latin deficiens, present participle of deficere (“to lack, fail, be wanting”); see defect.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /dɪˈfɪʃənt/
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Adjective

deficient (comparative more deficient, superlative most deficient)

  1. Lacking something essential; often construed with in.
  2. Insufficient or inadequate in amount.
  3. (mathematics) Of a number n, Having the sum of divisors σ(n)<2n, or, equivalently, the sum of proper divisors (or aliquot sum) s(n)<n.

Translations

Further reading

  • deficient in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • deficient in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dēficiēns.

Adjective

deficient (masculine and feminine plural deficients)

  1. deficient

Further reading

Latin

Verb

dēficient

  1. third-person plural future active indicative of dēficiō
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