noun
definition
The act of deforming, or state of being deformed.
definition
A transformation; change of shape.
Examples of deformations in a Sentence
Steel is generally used for columns in preference to cast iron, because it affords greater facility for securing satisfactory connexions, because its defects of quality or workmanship are more surely detected by careful test and inspection, and because, on account of its superior elasticity and ductility, its fibre is less liable to fracture from slight deformations.
Of course at that time these were comparatively mild deformations.
The model includes now high temperature plastic deformations of materials and sintering of top-coat materials under in-service conditions.
For deformations in the upper continental crust, high quality data may be extracted from geomorphological studies of active tectonics.
The result was the "thalidomide tragedy" during which there was a drastic increase in the number of babies born with deformations of the limbs.
Children who have psoriatic arthritis also have nail deformations, usually pitting of the fingernails or toenails.
The leading cause of infant mortality is congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities with a rate of 20.2 percent.
However, negative effects such as short stature and pelvic deformations can be permanent.
Similarly with Anemone infested with Puccinia and Vacciniusn with Catyptospora, and many other cases of deformations due to hypertrophy or atrophy.
A great variety of deformations and growths produced by insects and mites as well as by fungi have been described.
The Pacific coast has been defined chiefly by relatively recent crustal deformations, and hence still preserves a greater relief than that of the Atlantic. The minor features of each coast will be mentioned in connection with the lani districts of which the coast-line is only the border.
At the close of the period there were considerable deformations in the west.
The Pacific coast has been defined chiefly by relatively recent crustal deformations, and hence still preserves a greater relief than that of the Atlantic. The minor features of each coast will be mentioned in connexion with the land districts of which the coast-line is only the border.
Whatever the deformation of the originally straight boundary of the axial section may be, it can be resolved by Fourier's theorem into deformations of the harmonic type.
These component deformations are in general infinite in number, of very wave-length and of arbitrary phase; but in the first stages of the motion, with which alone we are at present concerned, each produces its effect independently of every other, and may be considered by itself.