deformation

Deformation stands for:

• generally the change in shape of a body due to the action of external forces, see deformation
• in geology especially the deformation of rocks, see deformation (geology)
• in materials science the change in shape due to forces or temperature, see deformation (technology)
• in medicine malformation of an organ, see malformation

This is a disambiguation page for differentiating between several terms identified with the same word.