- Defect
A defect is a shortcoming, imperfection, failure, flaw, or fault that has or could adversely affect the operation of an item of equipment, measure or system.
Australian Standard AS 1851 introduced the terms non-conformance, non-critical defect and critical defect in the 2012 edition of the Standard. The definition was accompanied by a flowchart (Figure 1.5.6 - Routine Service Activity Failure) to illustrate the difference between each of these terms.
