ALL meanings of deficiency
de·fi·cien·cy
D d - variable noun deficiency Deficiency in something, especially something that your body needs, is not having enough of it. 3
- variable noun deficiency A deficiency that someone or something has is a weakness or imperfection in them. 3
- noun deficiency the state or quality of being deficient 3
- noun deficiency a lack or insufficiency; shortage 3
- noun deficiency the absence of a gene or a region of a chromosome normally present 3
- noun deficiency the quality or state of being deficient; absence of something essential; incompleteness 3
- noun deficiency a shortage 3
- noun deficiency the amount of shortage; deficit 3
- noun plural deficiency the state of being deficient; lack; incompleteness; insufficiency. 1
- noun plural deficiency the amount lacked; a deficit. 1
- noun deficiency lack, insufficiency 1
- noun deficiency inadequacy 1
- noun deficiency lack of vitamins 1
- noun deficiency A lack or shortage. 1
- noun deficiency (Uncountable Noun) Inadequacy or incompleteness. 0
- noun deficiency (Countable Noun) An insufficiency, especially of something essential to health. 0
- noun deficiency (geometry) The amount by which the number of double points on a curve is short of the maximum for curves of the same degree. 0
- noun deficiency (geometry) The codimension of a linear system in the corresponding complete linear system. 0