Talk:Deformation

Organize Deformation like Stress?

Browsing the lively debate on organizing deformations, I am still wanting to see a common category that admits "we are all about squishing and stretching stuff like metal and plastic and air." Here is a solution that copies Stress disambiguation:

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Deformation may refer to:

Mechanical

• Deformation (engineering), a change in the shape of an object due to applied force (introductory)
• Deformation (mechanics), where deformation is treated as the displacement of a continuum body
• Plastic deformation in solids, scientific treatment of an object's internal properties relating to the force needed to cause a permanent change in shape
• Deformation (meteorology), important in the formation of atmospheric fronts

Biological

• Deformity, in medicine, a major difference in the shape of body part or organ compared to the average shape of that part

Mathematical

• Deformation theory, in mathematics

See also

• Defamation (slander or libel)

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IDave2 (talk) 03:22, 22 July 2009 (UTC)