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.
   2. (physics, mechanics, engineering) Physically so.

      Coordinate terms: stress, strain, force, pressure

      plastic deformation versus elastic deformation

      permanent deformation;   structural deformation

      The metal showed signs of deformation under stress.

      Earthquakes can cause severe ground deformation.

   3. A transformation.

Derived terms

• deformational
• deformation energy
• deformation retract
• deformation-retract
• elastic deformation
• 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), 形變 / 形变 (zh) (xíngbiàn)

• 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
• Kazakh: пішінінің өзгеруі (pışınınıñ özgeruı), деформация (deformasiä)
• 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