Definition of Imperfections

1. Noun. (plural of imperfection) ¹

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Definition of Imperfections

1. imperfection [n] - See also: imperfection

Lexicographical Neighbors of Imperfections

imperf
imperfect flower
imperfect indicative
imperfect rhyme
imperfect rhymes
imperfect subjunctive
imperfect tense
imperfectability
imperfectibility
imperfectible
imperfection
imperfections (current term)
imperfective
imperfective aspect
imperfectively
imperfectiveness
imperfectives
imperfectivization
imperfectivizations
imperfectly
imperfectness
imperfectnesses
imperfects
imperforable
imperforata
imperforate

Literary usage of Imperfections

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Text-book of Mineralogy: With an Extended Treatise on Crystallography and by Edward Salisbury Dana (1898)
"In general it is safe to affirm that, with the exception of the irregularities arising from imperfections in the process of crystallization, ..."

2. An Essay Concerning Human Understanding by John Locke (1849)
"OF THE REMEDIES OF THE FOREGOING imperfections AND ABUSES. 1. They are worth seeking.—The natural and improved imperfections of languages we have seen above ..."

3. A System of Mineralogy: Comprising the Most Recent Discoveries: Including by James Dwight Dana (1854)
"imperfections of surface; %. Variations of form and dimensions; 3. Internal imperfections and impurities/ 4. Variations of angles. I. imperfections IN THE ..."

4. A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are Deduced from ...by Samuel Johnson by Samuel Johnson (1805)
"Our imperfections prompt our corruption, and loudly tell us we are sou of earth. Broit;*. Earth's tall sons, the cedar, oak, and pine, Their parents' ..."

5. The Positive Philosophy of Auguste Comte by Auguste Comte, Frederic Harrison (1896)
"Analytical Geometry still presents some imperfections imperfections on the side both of geometry of Analytical and of analysis. " Geometry. ..."

6. A Portraiture of Quakerism: Taken from a View of the Moral Education by Thomas Clarkson (1808)
"But they do not always partake of all their reputed imperfections. The want of knowledge, which was reckoned among the failings of the men, can have no room ..."

7. The Mind of the Child: Observations Concerning the Mental Development of the by William T. Preyer (1889)
"All the following statements concerning the localization of the disturbances of speech and the parallel imperfections of child-speech apply indifferently to ..."

8. The Mind of the Child: Observations Concerning the Mental Development of the by William T. Preyer (1889)
"All the following statements concerning the localization of the disturbances of speech and the parallel imperfections of child-speech apply indifferently to ..."

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