deformations
Warps and bends
Deformations are changes in shape or form, typically from some original or intended state.
The word appears in technical contexts—physics, engineering, geology—where materials bend, stretch, or warp under stress: The bridge showed visible deformations after the earthquake.
More broadly, any distortion or disfigurement qualifies: deformations of the truth, deformations caused by the disease.
Excessive stretching force
- stressPressure, mental or vocal
- plasticityAbility to change shape
- elasticityTendency to resume original form
- yieldProduce or relinquish
creep · fatigue · torsion · shear · tension · ductility · malleability · brittleness
Becoming bent or twisted
- bendingCurving from straight
- bucklingBending from compression
- twistingRotating with distortion
- distortionTwisting from original state
curvature · deflection · sagging · bulging · compression · elongation · contortion · crumpling
Abnormally developed structure
- mutationPermanent DNA alteration
- abnormalityDeviation from expected state
- dysplasiaAbnormal tissue formation
- scoliosisLateral vertebral deviation
kyphosis · clubfoot · cleft · contracture · atrophy · hypertrophy · ankylosis · deviated septum
Bending something over itself
- faultingAttributing blame to another
- upliftRaise emotionally or physically
- subsidenceGradual ground sinking
- riftingGeological spreading apart
compression · extension · shearing · orogenesis · syncline · anticline · monocline · subduction
strain
Excessive stretching force
- stressPressure, mental or vocal
- plasticityAbility to change shape
- elasticityTendency to resume original form
yield · creep · fatigue · torsion · shear · tension · ductility · malleability · brittleness · hardening
warping
Becoming bent or twisted
distortion · curvature · deflection · sagging · bulging · compression · elongation · contortion · crumpling · flexing
malformation
Abnormally developed structure
- mutationPermanent DNA alteration
- abnormalityDeviation from expected state
- dysplasiaAbnormal tissue formation
scoliosis · kyphosis · clubfoot · cleft · contracture · atrophy · hypertrophy · ankylosis · deviated septum · bunion
folding
Bending something over itself
- faultingAttributing blame to another
- upliftRaise emotionally or physically
- subsidenceGradual ground sinking
rifting · compression · extension · shearing · orogenesis · syncline · anticline · monocline · subduction · tectonic
dents
Shallow impact marks
bends · scratches · gouges · warpage · kinks · ripples · waves · folds · dimples · indentations
deformationsstructural integrity
Wholeness under load
preservation · natural forms · intactness · wholeness · soundness
deformationsconformations
Arrangements in space
regularities · uniformities · symmetries · ideal forms · perfections
deformationsrestorations
Acts of renewing condition
corrections · reformations · repairs · reconstructions · realignments
- plastic deformationLasting material distortion under stress