deformation

See also: déformation

English

Etymology

From Old French deformation, see deform Morphologically deform +‎ -ation

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌdɛfəˈmeɪʃən/, /ˌdiːfɔːˈmeɪʃən/
• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˌdɛfɚˈmeɪʃn̩/, /ˌdifɔɹˈmeɪʃən/, /ˌdifɚˈmeɪʃən/

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• (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˌdiːfoːˈmæɪʃən/, /ˌdefəˈmæɪʃən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

deformation (countable and uncountable, plural deformations)

1. The act of deforming, or state of being deformed.
2. A transformation; change of shape.

Derived terms

• deformational
• deformation energy
• deformation-retract
• deformation retract
• electrodeformation
• hyperdeformation
• ice deformation
• plastic deformation
• predeformation
• professional deformation
• retrodeformation
• superdeformation
• taboo deformation

Translations

act of deforming, or state of being deformed

Armenian: աղավաղում (hy) (aġavaġum), դեֆորմացիա (hy) (deformacʻia), այլանդակում (hy) (aylandakum) Bulgarian: деформация (bg) m (deformacija), обезобразяване (bg) n (obezobrazjavane) Catalan: deformació f Chinese: Mandarin: 變形 / 变形 (zh) (biànxíng), 畸形 (zh) (jīxíng) Czech: deformace f Danish: deformering c, misdannelse c Dutch: vervorming (nl) f French: déformation (fr) f Georgian: დეფორმაცია (depormacia), ფორმის შეცვლა (pormis šecvla), ფორმის დამახინჯება (pormis damaxinǯeba) Indonesian: deformasi (id) Italian: deformazione (it) f (all meanings), storpiatura f, storpiamento m Macedonian: изобличување n (izobličuvanje), изобличеност n (izobličenost), деформација f (deformacija) Norwegian: Bokmål: deformasjon m Nynorsk: deformasjon m Polish: odkształcanie n, zniekształcanie (pl) n, deformowanie n Romanian: deformare (ro) f, deformație (ro) f Serbo-Croatian: izobličenje n, izobličenost (sh) f, deformacija f Spanish: deformación (es) f