deform
verb (used with object)
to mar the natural form or shape of; put out of shape; disfigure.
deformable
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a word derived from
deform.
Example Sentences
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"For robotics, softness is a useful characteristic, but you also need lots of sensor information, and it's tricky to have both at once, especially when dealing with flexible or deformable surfaces."
From Science Daily ● Jan. 29, 2024
And the deformable, rubbery fingertip should give a bionic hand a leg—or hand—up on current devices with stiff metal fingers and toes, he says.
From Science Magazine ● Apr. 5, 2022
So far, the two mergers have only hinted at the properties of neutron-star interiors, suggesting that they are not particularly deformable.
From Nature ● Mar. 3, 2020
In effect, we are all made of bits, so the argument goes, removable, deformable at the click of an interstellar mouse.
From New York Times ● May 10, 2018
C, the most deformable, breaks only after significant elastic and plastic strain.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
