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
• And below, the deformation of tracks at Oceanía Station.
  — Matt Simon, WIRED, 10 Apr. 2024
• 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
• In turn, those spacetime deformations instruct the mass and energy how to move.
  — Paul Sutter, Ars Technica, 23 May 2024
• 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
• The airline has asked its engineers to check the lines for abnormalities, deformation, kinks, bulges or degradation, the people said.
  — Kristine Gill, Fortune Asia, 3 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 13 Nov 2024