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| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | change form, change shape |
| Type of | change |
| Has types | bug out, bulge, bulge out, batter, taper, twist, twine, bend, point, pop, pop out, pouch, protrude, roll, roll up, sharpen, start, stretch, stretch out, turn, come out, dinge, unfold, distort, draw, extend, flatten, flatten out, flex, furl, grain, granulate |
| Derivation | deformation |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | change form, change shape |
| Derivation | deformation |
The sidewalk deformed during the earthquake.
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Elephant require a bullet of a tough construction which will not deform easily.
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Rocks that deform more easily form many short-wavelength, high-amplitude folds.
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But excess of carbonate will deform the fossil, giving it a swollen appearance.
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Conversely, when the material is exposed to an electric field, it will deform.
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When the titanium crystals become smaller, they are much more difficult to deform.
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Premature closure of sutures causes the skull and the brain beneath to deform.
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Pressure generated during flight cause the flapping wings to deform, he explained.
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The emplacement of igneous intrusions tends to deform the surrounding country rock.
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Rocks that do not deform as easily form long-wavelength, low-amplitude folds.
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- Make formless; "the heat deformed the plastic sculpture"
- Contort: twist and press out of shape
- Flex: cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form; "bend the rod"; "twist the dough into a braid"; "the strong man could turn an iron bar"
- Become misshapen; "The sidewalk deformed during the earthquake"
- Alter the shape of (something) by stress; "His body was deformed by leprosy"
- Change shape: assume a different shape or form
- (Deformation (mechanics)) Strain, or deformation, is the response of a sample of a solid material to an external or internal stress.
- (deformation) The condition where the director in a liquid crystalline material changes its orientation from one molecule to the next.
