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Date "deformation" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1838. (references) |
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Meteorology & Standards | Deformation ( due to hardening or heat treatment ) : variation of dimensions and/or the shape of a product following heat treatment. Source: European Union. (references) |
Building & Civil Engineering | A)a change in the distances separating different points of a body; b)a movement of parts of particles of a material body relatively to one another such that the continuity of the body is not destroyed. Source: European Union. (references) |
Geological | A change in the original shape of a material. When we are talking about earthquakes, deformation is due to stress and strain. (references) |
| General term for folding, faulting, and other processes resulting from shear, compression, and extension of rocks. (references) | |
Industry | A deviation from requirements with regard to the form of the piece. The most common deformations are:bow, spring, cup, and twist. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | A. A general term for the process of folding, faulting, shearing, compression, or extension of the rocks as a result of various Earth forces. (references) |
Physics | A change in the normal shape and/or size of a body through either a)an external stress, e. g. by bending(i. e. deflection, deflexion), twisting(i. e. torsion), stretching(i. e. applying tension), compressing(applying compression), and if this causes fracture, a crushing stress; or(b)an internal stress, causing swelling or shrinkage. Source: European Union. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
In the figure you can clearly see that the compressive loading (indicated by the blue arrow) has caused deformation in the cylinder so that the original shape (dashed lines) has changed (deformed) into one with bulging sides. The sides bulge because the material, although strong enough to not crack or otherwise fail, is not strong enough to support the load without change, thus the material is forced out laterally.
See also: Modulus of elasticity, Elastic, Inelastic, Visco-elastic (a.k.a. Plastic).
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Deformation."
Synonyms: DeformationSynonyms: contortion (n), distortion (n). (additional references) |
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Movie/TV Titles | Deformation personnelle (2003) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | 161 tons of high explosives going up at Dugway Proving Ground Surveying before and after for crustal deformation.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
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Health | Some patients may have convulsions and skeletal deformation, resulting from abnormal muscular stress on bones. (references) | |
Large cysts may cause cranial deformation or macrocephaly (enlargement of the head), producing such symptoms as headaches, seizures, hydrocephalus (excessive accumulation of cerebrospinal fluid), increased intracranial pressure, developmental delay, and behavioral changes. (references) | ||
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| "Deformation" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Deformation" is used about 206 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 206 | 21,208 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "deformation": affine deformation ♦ inelastic deformation ♦ irreversible deformation ♦ local deformation of fuel cladding ♦ permanent deformation ♦ plastic deformation ♦ residual deformation ♦ uniaxial deformation ♦ work of uniaxial deformation. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "deformation": deformation-gradient. | |
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