deformation
pronunciation
How to pronounce deformation in British English:
UK [ˌdi:fɔ:ˈmeɪʃn]
How to pronounce deformation in American English:
US [ˌdifɔrˈmeɪʃn]
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- Noun:
- a change for the worse
- 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)
Word Origin
- deformation (n.)
- 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).
Example
- 1. The resulting in the role of the crustal deformation of rocks , broken , dislocation and then the earthquake .
- 2. Most solids , if pulled or twisted , will give a little in a process known as elastic deformation .
- 3. This lava field just north of the mrdalsjkull ice cap serves as one of many monitoring sites to track ground deformation that could serve as a signal of an impending eruption of katla .
- 4. Geologists can accurately predict where ( but not when ) the next earthquake will happen by using satellite gravity measurements and tracing ground deformation caused by earthquakes .
- 5. A quantum group is a deformation of a given classical group , and is such that no classical space can have it as a symmetry group .