deformation (redirected from Elastic deformation)

de·for·ma·tion  (dfôr-mshn, dfr-)

n.

1.

a. The act or process of deforming.

b. The condition of being deformed.

2. An alteration of form for the worse.

3. Physics

a. An alteration of shape, as by pressure or stress.

b. The shape that results from such an alteration.

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defor·mation·al adj.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	deformation - a change for the worse               distortion damage, impairment, harm - the occurrence of a change for the worse warping, warp - a moral or mental distortion
	2.	deformation - alteration in the shape or dimensions of an object as a result of the application of stress to it alteration, change, modification - an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another; "the change was intended to increase sales"; "this storm is certainly a change for the worse"; "the neighborhood had undergone few modifications since his last visit years ago" shear - (physics) a deformation of an object in which parallel planes remain parallel but are shifted in a direction parallel to themselves; "the shear changed the quadrilateral into a parallelogram" strain - (physics) deformation of a physical body under the action of applied forces
	3.	deformation - the act of twisting or deforming the shape of something (e.g., yourself) contortion change of shape - an action that changes the shape of something

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deformation

noun distortion, warping, contortion, malformation, disfiguration, misshapenness