Hypertext Webster Gateway: "deformation"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Deformation \Def`or*ma"tion\, n. [L. deformatio: cf. F.
d['e]formation.]
1. The act of deforming, or state of anything deformed. --Bp.
Hall.
2. Transformation; change of shape.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
deformation
n 1: a change for the worse [syn: {distortion}]
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) [syn: {contortion}]
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