— deformational , adj.
/dee'fawr may"sheuhn, def'euhr-/ , n.
1. the act of deforming; distortion; disfigurement.
2. the result of deforming; change of form, esp. for the worse.
3. an altered form.
4. Geol. , Mech. a change in the shape or dimensions of a body, resulting from stress; strain.
[ 1400-50; late ME deformacioun deformation- (s. of deformatio ), equiv. to deformat ( us ) (ptp. of deformare; see DEFORM 1 ) + -ion- -ION ]