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Interesting choice of words. De-formation implies that it was well-formed before. Not every change of form however is a de-formation. It includes judgment from
by 47282847 2y ago
Interesting choice of words. De-formation implies that it was well-formed before. Not every change of form however is a de-formation. It includes judgment from “better“ to “worse“.
- marky1991 2y agoI don't think so, 'deformation' can also just mean any arbitrary change of shape, and in a physics/engineering context, that's usually all it means. From websters: 1. alteration of form or shape also : the product of such alteration 2: the action of deforming : the state of being deformed 3: change for the worse so it's just sense 1.
- PaulDavisThe1st 2y agoIn english, the word is almost always used to refer to "alteration of form or shape" away from the default form or shape.
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- kergonath 2y agoNot really in mechanics (or geophysics). Most of the time there is no sensible default, and we talk about reference instead. But then that’s just muddying the waters. Here, "default" is utterly meaningless, for example. The long and short is that deformation means just that the shape of something changes.