An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics
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Altering in the size or shape of a body. See also → deformable.

Verbal noun of → deform.

A deformation of a → solid body in which the change (→ strain) in the relative position of points in the body disappears when the deforming stress is removed. See also → elastic limit.

→ elastic; → deformation.

Permanent → deformation of a → solid subjected to a → stress.

→ plastic; → deformation.