deformation

See also: déformation

English

Etymology

From Old French deformation, see deform. Morphologically deform +‎ -ation.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌdɛfəˈmeɪʃən/, /ˌdiːfɔːˈmeɪʃən/
• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˌdɛfɚˈmeɪʃn̩/, /ˌdifɔɹˈmeɪʃən/, /ˌdifɚˈmeɪʃən/

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• (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˌdiːfoːˈmæɪʃən/, /ˌdefəˈmæɪʃən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

deformation (countable and uncountable, plural deformations)

1. The act of deforming, or state of being deformed.

   plastic deformation

   permanent deformation

   structural deformation

   The metal showed signs of deformation under stress.

   Earthquakes can cause severe ground deformation.

2. A transformation; change of shape.

Derived terms

• deformational
• deformation energy
• deformation-retract
• deformation retract
• electrodeformation
• hyperdeformation
• ice deformation
• plastic deformation
• predeformation
• professional deformation
• retrodeformation
• superdeformation
• taboo deformation

Translations

act of deforming, or state of being deformed

Armenian: աղավաղում (hy) (aġavaġum), դեֆորմացիա (hy) (deformacʻia), այլանդակում (hy) (aylandakum) Bulgarian: деформация (bg) m (deformacija), обезобразяване (bg) n (obezobrazjavane) Catalan: deformació f Chinese: Mandarin: 變形 / 变形 (zh) (biànxíng), 畸形 (zh) (jīxíng) Czech: deformace f Danish: deformering c, misdannelse c Dutch: vervorming (nl) f Finnish: venymä (fi) French: déformation (fr) f Georgian: დეფორმაცია (depormacia), ფორმის შეცვლა (pormis šecvla), ფორმის დამახინჯება (pormis damaxinǯeba) Indonesian: deformasi (id) Italian: deformazione (it) f (all meanings), storpiatura f, storpiamento m Macedonian: изобличување n (izobličuvanje), изобличеност n (izobličenost), деформација f (deformacija) Norwegian: Bokmål: deformasjon m Nynorsk: deformasjon m Polish: odkształcanie n, zniekształcanie (pl) n, deformowanie n Romanian: deformare (ro) f, deformație (ro) f Serbo-Croatian: izobličenje n, izobličenost (sh) f, deformacija f Spanish: deformación (es) f