Look up deform, deformation, or deformity in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Deformation can refer to: Deformation (engineering), changes in an object's...

called cold flow) is the tendency of a solid material to undergo slow deformation while subject to persistent mechanical stresses. It can occur as a result...

Artificial cranial deformation Artificial cranial deformation or modification, head flattening, or head binding is a form of body alteration in which the...

In engineering, deformation refers to the change in size or shape of an object. Displacements are the absolute change in position of a point on the object...

In mathematics, a deformation ring is a ring that controls liftings of a representation of a Galois group from a finite field to a local field. In particular...

In physics and continuum mechanics, deformation is the change in the shape or size of an object. It has dimension of length with SI unit of metre (m)...

Déformation professionnelle (French: [defɔʁmasjɔ̃ pʁɔfɛsjɔnɛl], professional deformation or job conditioning) is a tendency to look at things from the...

plasticity (also known as plastic deformation) is the ability of a solid material to undergo permanent deformation, a non-reversible change of shape in...

strain theory—also called large strain theory, or large deformation theory—deals with deformations in which strains and/or rotations are large enough to...

In volcanology, deformation is any change in the shape of a volcano or the land surrounding it. This can be in the form of inflation, which is a response...

In mathematics, deformation theory is the study of infinitesimal conditions associated with varying a solution P of a problem to slightly different solutions...

twinning, where there is a change in the crystal structure. The third is deformation twinning, in which twinning develops in a crystal in response to a shear...

Deformation bands are small faults with very small displacements. In the past, these bands have been called Luder's bands or braided shear fractures....

load-bearing capacity (strength) increases during plastic (permanent) deformation. This characteristic is what sets ductile materials apart from brittle...

subspace. The subspace is then called a retract of the original space. A deformation retraction is a mapping that captures the idea of continuously shrinking...

Intraplate deformation is the folding, breaking, or flow of the Earth's crust within plates instead of at their margins. This process usually occurs in...

In computer graphics, free-form deformation (FFD) is a geometric technique used to model simple deformations of rigid objects. It is based on the idea...

processes collectively called orogenesis. These include both structural deformation of existing continental crust and the creation of new continental crust...

The Northeast Arm Deformation Zone, also known as the Northeast Arm Zone of Deformation, is a zone of deformation in Strathcona Township of Temagami,...

In geology, a deformation mechanism is a process occurring at a microscopic scale that is responsible for changes in a material's internal structure,...

Stiffness is the extent to which an object resists deformation in response to an applied force. The complementary concept is flexibility or pliability:...

ultrasound) for measuring regional or global deformation of the myocardium (heart muscle). The term "deformation" refers to the myocardium changing shape...

global sections of the normal bundle classify embedded infinitesimal deformations of Y in X; there is a natural bijection between the set of closed subschemes...

deform elastic objects should be directly proportional to the distance of deformation, regardless of how large that distance becomes. This is known as perfect...

disorders Chronic application of external forces, e.g. artificial cranial deformation Chronic paresis, paralysis or muscle imbalance, especially in children...

taboo word (such as a swear word) to form a euphemism is known as taboo deformation, or a minced oath. Such modifications include: Shortening or "clipping"...

beyond its usual breaking point, usually over about 400% during tensile deformation. Such a state is usually achieved at high homologous temperature. Examples...

obtained by gradually applying load to a test coupon and measuring the deformation, from which the stress and strain can be determined (see tensile testing)...

description can be misleading. Some continuous deformations do not result into homeomorphisms, such as the deformation of a line into a point. Some homeomorphisms...

subjected to stress, it fractures with little elastic deformation and without significant plastic deformation. Brittle materials absorb relatively little energy...