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DEFORMATION

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of twisting or deforming the shape of something (e.g., yourself)

Synonyms:

contortion; deformation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("deformation" is a kind of...):

change of shape (an action that changes the shape of something)

Derivation:

deform (cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form)

deform (twist and press out of shape)

deformational (relating to or causing change in either shape or size of a material body or geometric figure)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Alteration in the shape or dimensions of an object as a result of the application of stress to it

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("deformation" is a kind of...):

alteration; change; modification (an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "deformation"):

shear ((physics) a deformation of an object in which parallel planes remain parallel but are shifted in a direction parallel to themselves)

strain ((physics) deformation of a physical body under the action of applied forces)

Derivation:

deform (assume a different shape or form)

deform (alter the shape of (something) by stress)

deform (become misshapen)

deform (cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form)

deform (twist and press out of shape)

deform (make formless)

deformational (relating to or causing change in either shape or size of a material body or geometric figure)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A change for the worse

Synonyms:

deformation; distortion

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("deformation" is a kind of...):

damage; harm; impairment (the occurrence of a change for the worse)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "deformation"):

warp; warping (a moral or mental distortion)

Derivation:

deform (become misshapen)

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