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nondefective

nondefective adjective: not defective.

Adjective

nondefective (not comparable)

  1. not defective
  2. Diagonalizable, able to be diagonalized.

Origin of nondefective

From non- + defective.

Words formed from nondefective

Questions about nondefective

What does nondefective mean?
Nondefective means not defective.
What part of speech is nondefective?
Nondefective is an adjective.

Words near nondefective in the dictionary

  1. nondefamatory
  2. nondefault
  3. nondefaulting
  4. nondefecting
  5. nondefection
  6. nondefective
  7. nondefectivity
  8. nondefence
  9. nondefendant
  10. nondefendants
  11. nondefense

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