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 [dee-fawr-mey-shuhn, def-er-]  

de·for·ma·tion

   [dee-fawr-mey-shuhn, def-er-]
noun
1.
the act of deforming; distortion; disfigurement.
2.
the result of deforming; change of form, especially for the worse.
3.
an altered form.
4.
Geology, Mechanics. a change in the shape or dimensions of a body, resulting from stress; strain.
Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English deformacioun < Latin dēfōrmātiōn- (stem of dēfōrmātiō), equivalent to dēfōrmāt(us) (past participle of dēfōrmāre; see deform1) + -iōn- -ion

Related forms
de·for·ma·tion·al, adjective
non·de·for·ma·tion, noun
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deformational

adjective
relating to or causing change in either shape or size of a material body or geometric figure 
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