deformation
- a deforming or being deformed
- the result of deforming; disfigurement
- a change in form for the worse
- Physics
- the changing of form or shape, as by stress
- the changed form that results
Origin of deformation
Middle English deformacioun from Classical Latin deformatiodeformation
noun
- a. The act or process of deforming.b. The condition of being deformed.
- An alteration of form for the worse.
- Physics a. An alteration of shape, as by pressure or stress.b. The shape that results from such an alteration.
Related Forms:
- de′for·ma′tion·al
adjective
deformation
Noun
(plural deformations)
- The act of deforming, or state of being deformed.
- A transformation; change of shape.
Origin
See also: déformationFrom Old French deformation, see deform
