deformation
Example Sentences
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Activity far below the surface can prepare the crust for later deformation, influencing where major fractures and rifts eventually develop.
From Science Daily • Feb. 23, 2026
"These notches in the wheels and the deformation observed in the track are compatible with the fact that the track was cracked," it wrote in what it called a "working hypothesis".
From Barron's • Jan. 23, 2026
These included vibrations from small earthquakes, glacier motion, slope deformation, and other sources of seismic background noise.
From Science Daily • Dec. 21, 2025
CalMac engaged a naval architect to report on the root cause of the deformation, while more repairs were carried out in Greenock, by a different ship repair firm.
From BBC • Jul. 7, 2025
The deformation to the west of the Three Sisters doesn’t pose a problem right now, and it might not for a very long time to come.
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
