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deficiency

The correct spelling is deficiency.

How to pronounce deficiency

noun

IPA: /dɪˈfɪʃənsi/

Say it like: Def-isee-nsee

The correct spelling is deficiency. Inadequacy or incompleteness.

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Definition

noun

  1. 1.Inadequacy or incompleteness.
  2. 2.An insufficiency, especially of something essential to health.
  3. 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. 4.The codimension of a linear system in the corresponding complete linear system.

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