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deformation
OXFORD DICTIONARY
deformation, n.
1 disfigurement.
2 Physics a (often foll. by of) change in shape. b a quantity representing the amount of this change.
3 a perverted form of a word (e.g. dang for damn).
1 disfigurement.
2 Physics a (often foll. by of) change in shape. b a quantity representing the amount of this change.
3 a perverted form of a word (e.g. dang for damn).
Derivative
deformational adj.
Etymology
ME f. OF deformation or L deformatio (as DEFORM)
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