Definition of DEFICIENCY

deficiency

Plural: deficiencies

Noun

  • the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable
    • "water is the critical deficiency in desert regions"
  • lack of an adequate quantity or number
  • Inadequacy or incompleteness.
  • An insufficiency, especially of something essential to health.
  • The amount by which the number of double points on a curve is short of the maximum for curves of the same degree.
  • The codimension of a linear system in the corresponding complete linear system.

Origin / Etymology

From deficient + -cy. Compare Latin dēficientia.

Scrabble Score: 21

deficiency: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
deficiency: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
deficiency: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 23

deficiency: valid Words With Friends Word