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deformation

[dee-fawr-mey-shuhn, def-er-] / ˌdi fɔrˈmeɪ ʃən, ˌdɛf ər- /


NOUN
disfigurement
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Wolf emphasized that areas lacking a detectable anisotropic signal should not be assumed to be free of deformation.

From Science Daily • Apr. 23, 2026

While the patterns are complex, most of the deformation appears in areas where deeply subducted slabs are thought to exist.

From Science Daily • Apr. 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

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




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