Inadequacy or incompleteness.
An insufficiency, especially of something essential to health.
The codimension of a linear system in the corresponding complete linear system.
The amount by which the number of double points on a curve is short of the maximum for curves of the same degree.
The intensity of a force or power; potency.
The quality or degree of being strong.
The strongest part of something; that on which confidence or reliance is based.
A positive attribute.