How to Use deformation in a Sentence

deformation

noun
  • Ground deformation caused by a vast iron ore mine, reports the New York Times.
    Kelsey Kloss, ELLE Decor, 24 May 2016
  • These cracks may be forming due to the stress from the earthquakes or from the deformation of the land from magma rising up under the area.
    Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2023
  • All of the issues about shot stacking, deformation, and stringing in the 12 gauge apply to the 20 gauge in proportion to its size.
    Ron Spomer, Outdoor Life, 11 Dec. 2019
  • With each rotation, as that part of the tire makes contact with the ground, the sensor measures the deformation of the adhesive as a way to measure the strain on the tire.
    Sebastian Blanco, Car and Driver, 8 Jan. 2020
  • That deformation could leave weak spots in the rock, causing earthquakes.
    Rasha Aridi, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Nov. 2021
  • Griffey’s cranial deformation was one of the cruel fates that befell almost all the major league stars in the episode.
    Bill Shaikin, latimes.com, 25 May 2017
  • The eyes on the side of the skull also brings them closer to the mouth’s chewing muscles, possibly resulting in a deformation of the mouth muscles.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 21 Mar. 2023
  • Up close, the gleaming aluminum skin is textured with deformations and dents.
    Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics, 29 Sep. 2019
  • When the temperature changes the pointer moves depending on the amount of deformation of the bimetal coil.
    Svenja Lohner, Scientific American, 20 Feb. 2020
  • This can appear as small cracks on the sides or in the treads of the tires, light discoloration, or carcass deformation, which means the tire is becoming misshaped.
    David Muller, Car and Driver, 28 Aug. 2017
  • There is even little deformation to the volcano as no magma is forcing its way up.
    Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 28 Sep. 2014
  • Mapping of the land surface using radar shows a lot of deformation -- more than can be explained by earthquakes alone.
    Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 3 Mar. 2021
  • The initial torquing stretches the bolt along its length nearly to its limit of elastic deformation.
    Popular Mechanics Editors, Popular Mechanics, 26 Feb. 2019
  • The new model now includes all the deformation zones north of India as the plate bulldozes its way into Eurasia.
    David Bressan, Forbes, 9 June 2022
  • That's why monitoring the earthquakes, deformation of the land and the gas emissions are vital to look for signs of change that could be leading to an eruption.
    Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 25 Apr. 2019
  • Since then, the daily deformation has been measured only in fractions of an inch.
    Alex Orlando, Discover Magazine, 13 Aug. 2020
  • The term refers to broad features of the braid — for example, the number of turns — that aren’t affected by any specific deformation of their path.
    Charlie Wood, Quanta Magazine, 9 May 2023
  • The most intense deformation does appear to be happening just to the south of Mt. Porbjörn, so that could be the spot that is most likely to see an eruption.
    Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2023
  • Curves are also studied up to deformation on the surface.
    Quanta Magazine, 24 July 2017
  • To the butt plugs Prause added piezoelectric discs, which detect deformation.
    Matt Simon, WIRED, 11 July 2019
  • As the bodies move around each other, the orientation of that deformation moves, too.
    Jackie Appel, Popular Mechanics, 15 Feb. 2023
  • The mapping also allows a surgeon see something called brainshift — the deformations that happen in the brain from the impact of surgery — in real time.
    Dominic Smith, STAT, 1 June 2018
  • Some of the victims showed evidence of skull deformations, a custom that was practice in some of the highland areas during that time.
    Maria Clark, NOLA.com, 26 Apr. 2018
  • The actual sea level at a particular site such as the Bering Strait, however, depends on factors such as the deformation of the Earth's crust by the weight of the ice sheets.
    David Bressan, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2022
  • There’s a crossbar that spans the front of the vehicle and connects the sides of the engine bay to prevent deformation in off-center impacts, which are some of the most common and dangerous.
    Popular Science, 3 Dec. 2020
  • These rip along Earth’s surface, leading to dramatic deformation of the ground.
    WIRED, 10 Feb. 2023
  • But that did not happen: G2 slid right on by SgrA*—scarcely worse for wear, save for some slight deformation of its shape—and continued on its galactic journey.
    Nadia Drake, Scientific American, 15 Jan. 2020
  • One of the major areas for improvement is deformation, which is the way the force of an impact presses material way out of shape.
    Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 5 Apr. 2022
  • The deformation of the planet also allowed researchers to learn more about its composition, which is gaseous like Jupiter.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN, 12 Jan. 2022
  • Our top performers did not show any marks of deformation after moving from the freezer to the microwave and running through the dishwasher five times.
    Good Housekeeping, 6 Feb. 2023

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