deficiencyn.

/dɪˈfɪʃənsi/

Etymology: formed as deficit n.: see -ency suffix.

a. The quality or state of being deficient or wanting; failure; want, lack, absence; insufficiency.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > insufficiency > [noun] > deficiency, lack, or shortage

wanec888

trokingc1175

want?c1225

defaultc1300

trokea1325

fault1340

lacking1377

scarcityc1380

wantingc1390

absencea1398

bresta1400

defect?a1425

lack?c1425

defailing1502

mank?a1513

inlaik1562

defection1576

inlaiking1595

vacuity1601

deficience1605

lossa1616

failancea1627

deficiency1634

shortness1669

falling shorta1680

miss1689

wantage1756

shortage1868

1634 M. Wilson Mercy & Truth i. v. 160 The doctrine of the totall deficiency of the visible Church, which..is maintayned by diuers chiefe Protestants.

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iv. v. 188 Scaliger finding a defect in the reason of Aristotle, introduceth one of no lesse deficiency himselfe.

1767 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. (new ed.) II. 246 Escheats..arising merely upon the deficiency of the blood, whereby the descent is impeded.

1793 T. Beddoes Observ. Nature Demonstrative Evid. 62 We may make up, by continued attention, for their deficiency of original acuteness.

1797 M. Baillie Morbid Anat. (ed. 2) Pref. p. xv Patients often explain very imperfectly their feelings, partly from the natural deficiency of language.

1865 G. Grote Plato I. i. 83 These particles might be in excess as well as in deficiency.

b. with a and plural: An instance of this condition; something wanting; a defect, an imperfection.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > imperfection > [noun] > an imperfection > want or shortcoming

wanec888

waningc1320

brist1340

insufficience1486

insufficiency1531

want1553

deficiency1664

shortcominga1687

shortfall1895

1664 H. More Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity 116 That there is a deficiency in the Merits of Christ.

1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. i. 53 They discover the flaws and deficiencies of the latter.

1736 Bp. J. Butler Analogy of Relig. i. v. 86 Nature has endued us with a Power of supplying those Deficiencies, by acquired Knowledge.

1816 J. Scott Paris Revisited vii. 184 The battle..proved the existence of a deficiency in the latter quarter.

1828 I. D'Israeli Comm. Life Charles I II. vii. 168 This consciousness of his own deficiencies is an interesting trait in his character.

1853 J. H. Newman Hist. Sketches (1876) I. i. iii. 127 Where art has to supply the deficiencies of nature.

c. Mathematics. deficiency of a curve: the number by which its double points fall short of the highest number possible in a curve of the same order.

ΚΠ

1865 Cayley Proc. London Math. Soc. 1 No. 3 It will be convenient to introduce the term ‘Deficiency’, viz. a curve of the order n with ½(n − 1)(n − 2) − D double points, is said to have a deficiency = D.

1893 A. R. Forsyth Theory Functions Complex Variable 356 The deficiency of a curve is the same as the class of the Riemann surface associated with its equation.

d. The amount by which the revenue of a state, company, etc. falls short of the expenditure; a deficit; hence deficiency act, deficiency bill, deficiency law (i.e. one to meet such a deficiency); the amount by which the assets of a debtor fall short of his liabilities; hence deficiency account, deficiency statement.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > money > sum of money > [noun] > sum by which something falls short

deficiency1719

deficit1782

the world > relative properties > quantity > insufficiency > [noun] > deficiency, lack, or shortage > shortfall > amount of

defect1598

deficiency1719

deficit1782

wantum1938

1887 Daily News 26 Oct. 6/8 None of the debtors have as yet filed deficiency accounts.

1719 W. Wood Surv. Trade (ed. 2) 168 A considerable Sum of Money arising by the Deficiency Law.1887 Pall Mall Gaz. 30 Nov. 9/1 The bankrupt was then questioned upon his deficiency statement.

e. Genetics. = deletion n. 3.

ΚΠ

1916 C. B. Bridges in Genetics 1 150 Deficiency... Tests showed..that a small section of the X in the bar region had become genetically non-existent!

1917 C. B. Bridges in Genetics 2 445 The general term ‘deficiency’ is used to designate the loss or inactivation of an entire, definite, and measurable section of genes and framework of a chromosome.

1956 New Biol. 20 41 A deficiency arises when a chromosome is broken in two spots and the two end pieces join up to form a new chromosome from which the middle piece is missing... Large deficiencies, by which many genes have been removed from the cell, act as dominant lethals. Smaller deficiencies act as recessive lethals.

1969 G. W. Burns Sci. Genetics xii. 220 Probably the best known disorder to be associated definitely with a chromosomal deficiency in man is the ‘cri du chat’ or cat-cry syndrome described by Le Jeune (1963).

Compounds

General attributive. See also d.

deficiency disease n. a disease caused by the lack of an essential or important substance in the diet; usually = avitaminosis n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disordered nutrition > [noun] > vitamin deficiency

deficiency disease1912

avitaminosis1914

hypovitaminosis1923

ariboflavinosis1939

1912 C. Funk in Jrnl. State Med. 20 341 (title) The etiology of deficiency diseases.

1914 Lancet 15 Aug. 460/1 If pellagra is a deficiency disease its relation to maize is similar to that of beri-beri to rice.

1933 Discovery July 234/1 The relief of deficiency diseases by the ever-increasing number of vitamins.

1968 M. Pyke Food & Society ii. 17 Expensive multivitamin tablets protect the well-fed people who can afford them against deficiency diseases they will never experience.

deficiency payment n. a subsidy paid by the government to farmers to cover differences between market prices of agricultural produce and minimum prices guaranteed by the government.

ΚΠ

1932 Act 22 & 23 Geo. V c. 24 §1 If, in any cereal year, the..average price of..wheat is less than the standard price, every registered grower shall..be entitled to receive..a payment (hereinafter referred to as a ‘deficiency payment’) representing..the difference..between the said average price and the standard price.

1963 Ann. Reg. 1962 462 Britain's system of support for home agriculture (by means of deficiency payments).

1969 Times 13 Jan. 11/2 Although the primary intention at Oxford was to look at alternatives to the present deficiency payment system as a means of farm support, other problems kept intruding.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	deficiency
释义	deficiencyn. /dɪˈfɪʃənsi/ Etymology: formed as deficit n.: see -ency suffix. a. The quality or state of being deficient or wanting; failure; want, lack, absence; insufficiency. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > insufficiency > [noun] > deficiency, lack, or shortage wanec888 trokingc1175 want?c1225 defaultc1300 trokea1325 fault1340 lacking1377 scarcityc1380 wantingc1390 absencea1398 bresta1400 defect?a1425 lack?c1425 defailing1502 mank?a1513 inlaik1562 defection1576 inlaiking1595 vacuity1601 deficience1605 lossa1616 failancea1627 deficiency1634 shortness1669 falling shorta1680 miss1689 wantage1756 shortage1868 1634 M. Wilson Mercy & Truth i. v. 160 The doctrine of the totall deficiency of the visible Church, which..is maintayned by diuers chiefe Protestants. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iv. v. 188 Scaliger finding a defect in the reason of Aristotle, introduceth one of no lesse deficiency himselfe. View more context for this quotation 1767 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. (new ed.) II. 246 Escheats..arising merely upon the deficiency of the blood, whereby the descent is impeded. 1793 T. Beddoes Observ. Nature Demonstrative Evid. 62 We may make up, by continued attention, for their deficiency of original acuteness. 1797 M. Baillie Morbid Anat. (ed. 2) Pref. p. xv Patients often explain very imperfectly their feelings, partly from the natural deficiency of language. 1865 G. Grote Plato I. i. 83 These particles might be in excess as well as in deficiency. b. with a and plural: An instance of this condition; something wanting; a defect, an imperfection. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > imperfection > [noun] > an imperfection > want or shortcoming wanec888 waningc1320 brist1340 insufficience1486 insufficiency1531 want1553 deficiency1664 shortcominga1687 shortfall1895 1664 H. More Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity 116 That there is a deficiency in the Merits of Christ. 1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. i. 53 They discover the flaws and deficiencies of the latter. 1736 Bp. J. Butler Analogy of Relig. i. v. 86 Nature has endued us with a Power of supplying those Deficiencies, by acquired Knowledge. 1816 J. Scott Paris Revisited vii. 184 The battle..proved the existence of a deficiency in the latter quarter. 1828 I. D'Israeli Comm. Life Charles I II. vii. 168 This consciousness of his own deficiencies is an interesting trait in his character. 1853 J. H. Newman Hist. Sketches (1876) I. i. iii. 127 Where art has to supply the deficiencies of nature. c. Mathematics. deficiency of a curve: the number by which its double points fall short of the highest number possible in a curve of the same order. ΚΠ 1865 Cayley Proc. London Math. Soc. 1 No. 3 It will be convenient to introduce the term ‘Deficiency’, viz. a curve of the order n with ½(n − 1)(n − 2) − D double points, is said to have a deficiency = D. 1893 A. R. Forsyth Theory Functions Complex Variable 356 The deficiency of a curve is the same as the class of the Riemann surface associated with its equation. d. The amount by which the revenue of a state, company, etc. falls short of the expenditure; a deficit; hence deficiency act, deficiency bill, deficiency law (i.e. one to meet such a deficiency); the amount by which the assets of a debtor fall short of his liabilities; hence deficiency account, deficiency statement. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > sum of money > [noun] > sum by which something falls short deficiency1719 deficit1782 the world > relative properties > quantity > insufficiency > [noun] > deficiency, lack, or shortage > shortfall > amount of defect1598 deficiency1719 deficit1782 wantum1938 1887 Daily News 26 Oct. 6/8 None of the debtors have as yet filed deficiency accounts. 1719 W. Wood Surv. Trade (ed. 2) 168 A considerable Sum of Money arising by the Deficiency Law.1887 Pall Mall Gaz. 30 Nov. 9/1 The bankrupt was then questioned upon his deficiency statement. e. Genetics. = deletion n. 3. ΚΠ 1916 C. B. Bridges in Genetics 1 150 Deficiency... Tests showed..that a small section of the X in the bar region had become genetically non-existent! 1917 C. B. Bridges in Genetics 2 445 The general term ‘deficiency’ is used to designate the loss or inactivation of an entire, definite, and measurable section of genes and framework of a chromosome. 1956 New Biol. 20 41 A deficiency arises when a chromosome is broken in two spots and the two end pieces join up to form a new chromosome from which the middle piece is missing... Large deficiencies, by which many genes have been removed from the cell, act as dominant lethals. Smaller deficiencies act as recessive lethals. 1969 G. W. Burns Sci. Genetics xii. 220 Probably the best known disorder to be associated definitely with a chromosomal deficiency in man is the ‘cri du chat’ or cat-cry syndrome described by Le Jeune (1963). Compounds General attributive. See also d. deficiency disease n. a disease caused by the lack of an essential or important substance in the diet; usually = avitaminosis n. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disordered nutrition > [noun] > vitamin deficiency deficiency disease1912 avitaminosis1914 hypovitaminosis1923 ariboflavinosis1939 1912 C. Funk in Jrnl. State Med. 20 341 (title) The etiology of deficiency diseases. 1914 Lancet 15 Aug. 460/1 If pellagra is a deficiency disease its relation to maize is similar to that of beri-beri to rice. 1933 Discovery July 234/1 The relief of deficiency diseases by the ever-increasing number of vitamins. 1968 M. Pyke Food & Society ii. 17 Expensive multivitamin tablets protect the well-fed people who can afford them against deficiency diseases they will never experience. deficiency payment n. a subsidy paid by the government to farmers to cover differences between market prices of agricultural produce and minimum prices guaranteed by the government. ΚΠ 1932 Act 22 & 23 Geo. V c. 24 §1 If, in any cereal year, the..average price of..wheat is less than the standard price, every registered grower shall..be entitled to receive..a payment (hereinafter referred to as a ‘deficiency payment’) representing..the difference..between the said average price and the standard price. 1963 Ann. Reg. 1962 462 Britain's system of support for home agriculture (by means of deficiency payments). 1969 Times 13 Jan. 11/2 Although the primary intention at Oxford was to look at alternatives to the present deficiency payment system as a means of farm support, other problems kept intruding. 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