deformation

About 7.06 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The act of deforming, or state of being deformed. Physically so.

   plastic deformation versus elastic deformation

2. noun Physically so.

   plastic deformation versus elastic deformation

3. noun A transformation.

Similar words

distortion contortion deformity disfigurement corruption perversion defacement warping deflection creep

Often followed by

of and is in at or by was can

Word family

deformational deformations