angular deformation

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A change in the shape of a body, generally due to sheer stress, such that a straight line connecting two points within the body before the deformation is not parallel with a straight line connecting them after the deformation.

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Words nearby angular deformation

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How to use angular deformation in a sentence

You, too, will be zipping along to the angular guitars and zigzagging, herky-jerky vocals.
The 10 Best Albums of 2014: Taylor Swift, Sia, Run the Jewels, and More|Marlow Stern|December 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Traditional coach seats gave the illusion of comfortable padding but were angular, not reflecting body shapes.
Flying Coach Is the New Hell: How Airlines Engineer You Out of Room|Clive Irving|November 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He has a long white beard and a massive angular nose that could be the work of Gutzon Borglum.
Heart of Darkness: Into Afghanistan’s Taliban Valley|Matt Trevithick, Daniel Seckman|November 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A slow, surreal tide of deformation has appeared throughout the city.
Silicon Valley Mansions, Swallowed Alive|Geoff Manaugh|November 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST

As she emerged from her teen years, she developed an angular face and striking cheekbones.
The Famous Parents Modeling Club|Erin Cunningham|May 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He was tall, angular, and emaciated, and his features were cast in a most irregular mould.
The Portsmouth Road and Its Tributaries|Charles G. Harper
Conglomerate, containing angular fragments of yellowish-grey quartz-rock, in a base of compact epidote.
Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia] [Volume 2 of 2]|Phillip Parker King
Angular and bony, with slightly stooped shoulders, his face is a mass of minute wrinkles seamed on yellow parchment.
Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist|Alexander Berkman
Angular debris fallen from above varying in thickness from one to ten feet.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3|Various
He had not taken the precaution to remove from his couch a number of angular stones, which did not by any means conduce to sleep.
Toilers of the Sea|Victor Hugo