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deformation definition

de·for·ma·tion (dē′fôr mā′s̸hən, def′ər-)

noun

  1. a deforming or being deformed
  2. the result of deforming; disfigurement
  3. a change in form for the worse
  4. Physics
    1. the changing of form or shape, as by stress
    2. the changed form that results

Etymology: ME deformacioun < L deformatio

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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