deformational
Causing structural change
Deformational describes something relating to or causing deformation—the process of changing shape through stress, pressure, or distortion.
The term appears most often in geology and materials science: deformational forces shaped the mountain range, deformational analysis of the rock strata.
It can also describe processes that alter biological structures or abstract forms.
Sustaining structural mass
- stressPressure, mental or vocal
- strainExcessive stretching force
- bendingCurving from straight
- bucklingBending from compression
torsion · compression · tension · elasticity · plasticity · yielding · fatigue · creep
Bending something over itself
- faultingAttributing blame to another
- orogenyGeological mountain formation
- tectonicsStudy of crustal deformation
- crustalOf outer rock layer
metamorphism · subduction · thrusting · rifting · strain · shearing · compression · extension
Capacity for deformation without breaking
- ductilityAbility to stretch unbroken
- plasticityAbility to change shape
- elasticityTendency to resume original form
- formabilityEase of being shaped
workability · compliance · yielding · bendability · pliancy · resilience · annealing · forging
load-bearing
Sustaining structural mass
buckling · torsion · compression · tension · elasticity · plasticity · yielding · fatigue · creep · fracture
folding
Bending something over itself
- faultingAttributing blame to another
- orogenyGeological mountain formation
- tectonicsStudy of crustal deformation
crustal · metamorphism · subduction · thrusting · rifting · strain · shearing · compression · extension · buckling
malleability
Capacity for deformation without breaking
- ductilityAbility to stretch unbroken
- plasticityAbility to change shape
- elasticityTendency to resume original form
formability · workability · compliance · yielding · bendability · pliancy · resilience · annealing · forging · stamping
warped
Bent out of true
misshapen · skewed · buckled · stretched · compressed · elongated · flattened · bulging · sagging · bowed
deformationalconformal
Maintains angles locally
isometric · rigid · stable · undeformed · fixed
deformationalrestorative
Promoting return to health
stabilizing · reconstructive · reinforcing · preservational · protective
deformationalrigid
Unable to bend
isometric · translational · rotational · affine · linear
- plastic deformationLasting material distortion under stress