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defoliator |
deforest |
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deformation
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| defraud
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deformation
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun deformation has 3 senses
- deformation(n = noun.event) distortion - a change for the worse; Array is a kind of damage, harm, impairment
- deformation(n = noun.event) Array - alteration in the shape or dimensions of an object as a result of the application of stress to it; Array is a kind of alteration, change, modification
- deformation(n = noun.act) contortion - the act of twisting or deforming the shape of something (e.g., yourself); Array is a kind of change of shape
has particulars: warp, warping
Derived form verb deform4
has particulars: shear, strain
Derived forms verb deform6, verb deform5, verb deform4, verb deform3, verb deform2, verb deform1, adjective deformational1
Derived forms verb deform3, verb deform2, adjective deformational1
OXFORD DICTIONARY
deformation, n.
1 disfigurement.
2 Physics a (often foll. by of) change in shape. b a quantity representing the amount of this change.
3 a perverted form of a word (e.g. dang for damn).
1 disfigurement.
2 Physics a (often foll. by of) change in shape. b a quantity representing the amount of this change.
3 a perverted form of a word (e.g. dang for damn).
Derivative
deformational adj.
Etymology
ME f. OF deformation or L deformatio (as DEFORM)
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