DEFORMATION
Dictionary entry overview: What does deformation mean?
• DEFORMATION (noun)
The noun DEFORMATION has 3 senses:
1. a change for the worse
2. alteration in the shape or dimensions of an object as a result of the application of stress to it
3. the act of twisting or deforming the shape of something (e.g., yourself)
Familiarity information: DEFORMATION used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• DEFORMATION (noun)
Meaning:
A change for the worse
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Synonyms:
deformation; distortion
Hypernyms ("deformation" is a kind of...):
damage; harm; impairment (the occurrence of a change for the worse)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "deformation"):
warp; warping (a moral or mental distortion)
Meaning:
Alteration in the shape or dimensions of an object as a result of the application of stress to it
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Hypernyms ("deformation" is a kind of...):
alteration; change; modification (an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "deformation"):
shear ((physics) a deformation of an object in which parallel planes remain parallel but are shifted in a direction parallel to themselves)
strain ((physics) deformation of a physical body under the action of applied forces)
Meaning:
The act of twisting or deforming the shape of something (e.g., yourself)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
contortion; deformation
Hypernyms ("deformation" is a kind of...):
change of shape (an action that changes the shape of something)
