2) deformation. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...The act or process of deforming. b. The condition of being deformed. 2. An alteration of form for the worse. 3. Physics a. An alteration of shape, as by pressure...

3) diastrophism. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...The process of deformation by which the major features of the earth's crust, including continents, mountains, ocean beds, folds, and faults, are formed. From Greek...

4) shearing strain. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...A condition in or deformation of an elastic body caused by forces that tend to produce an opposite but parallel sliding motion of the body's planes....

5) rheology. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...The study of the deformation and flow of matter. rheoˇlogiˇcal (r-lji-kl) -ADJECTIVErheoˇlogiˇcalˇly -ADVERBrheˇoloˇgist -NOUN...

6) work hardening. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...The increase in strength that accompanies plastic deformation of a metal....

7) tectonic. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...1. Geology Relating to, causing, or resulting from structural deformation of the earth's crust. 2a. Relating to construction or building. b. Architectural. Late Latin...

8) neurofibromatosis. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...disease characterized by the formation of neurofibromas, sometimes accompanied by physical deformation and a predisposition to brain tumors and various forms of cancer....

9) geotectonic. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...relating to the shape, structure, and arrangement of the rock masses resulting from structural deformation of the earth's crust....

10) ausform. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...Inflected forms: ausˇformed, ausˇformˇing, ausˇforms To subject (especially steel) to deformation, quenching, and tempering to improve its wear properties. aus(tenitic)...