Associations to the word «Deformation»

Wiktionary

DEFORMATION, noun. The act of deforming, or state of being deformed.
DEFORMATION, noun. A transformation; change of shape.
DEFORMATION ENERGY, noun. (physics) The energy that must be supplied to an initially spherical atomic nucleus to give it a sufficient deformation to undergo nuclear fission according to the Bohr-Wheeler theory
DEFORMATION RETRACT, noun. A subspace such that there is a retraction onto it of the ambient space homotopic to the identity function on the ambient space.
DEFORMATION RETRACT, verb. To have a deformation retract as a subspace.
DEFORMATION RETRACTED, verb. Simple past tense and past participle of deformation retract
DEFORMATION RETRACTING, verb. Present participle of deformation retract
DEFORMATION RETRACTS, noun. Plural of deformation retract
DEFORMATION RETRACTS, verb. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deformation retract

Dictionary definition

DEFORMATION, noun. A change for the worse.
DEFORMATION, noun. Alteration in the shape or dimensions of an object as a result of the application of stress to it.
DEFORMATION, noun. The act of twisting or deforming the shape of something (e.g., yourself).

Wise words

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin