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A change for the worse
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deformation
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Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Deformation is the rate of change of shape of fluid bodies. Meteorologically, this quantity is very important in the formation of atmospheric fronts , in the explanation of cloud shapes, and in the diffusion of materials and properties.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a change for the worse [syn: distortion ] alteration in the shape or dimensions of an object as a result of the application of stress to it the act of twisting or deforming the shape of something (e.g., yourself) [syn: contortion ]
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ deformation of the telescope's mirror EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ B is termed the left Cauchy-Green deformation tensor, both terms having obvious origins in the definitions given above. ▪ Ductile substances are capable of considerable ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
mid-15c., "transformation," from Old French deformation and directly from Latin deformationem (nominative deformatio ), noun of action from past participle stem of deformare (see deform ).
Usage examples of deformation.
Flores et une autre ile encore de la chaine se prolongent considerablement, toutes quatres, dans la direction du sud, fournissant, ainsi le premier modele de ces deformations speciales que reproduirent en les amplifiant taut de cartes Portugaises et Francaises.
I believe that many of the deformations and perversities of the modern setting are related toand are certainly dwarfed bythis massive preemption.
Facial tattoos and scarifications marked him as an officer, but he lacked the deformations and implants peculiar to commanders.
Phrases like quasi-static transitions and deformation coordinates and the zeroth law and diathermic equilibrium flew around until Dairine, for all her reading, was completely lost.
From examination of the distance between dislocations generated by a Frank-Reed source, one could, in principle, reconstruct the deformation history of a crystal.
When the deformation energy reaches some critical value, the dislocation can bulge no further and pinches off, wrapping back on itself and forming a dislocation loop.
Anything large enough colliding with the inner surface of the funnel caused a lightning-fast wave of deformation, engulfing and shrink-wrapping the intruder.
At twenty kilometers and two hundred and seventy atmospheres of outside pressure, the strain gauges showed negligible hull deformation.