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Examples of deformation in a Sentence
the catastrophic deformation of the steel girders under the enormous weight of the bridge
Recent Examples of deformation from the Web
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Though examples of elongated skulls have been found in Peru, dating back thousands of years, experts attribute this to an ancient practice of artificial cranial deformation, according to Snopes.com.
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In one of my favorite scenes, Nick swims away from an army of more than a dozen not-slow-at-all zombies, their delicate deformations shimmering in the underwater light.
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Griffey’s cranial deformation was one of the cruel fates that befell almost all the major league stars in the episode.
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This technique, first developed about a decade ago, monitors changes in ground deformation.
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The bigger news (in my mind) is that China will be installing full monitoring (gravity, deformation, electromagnetics, fluid monitor and seismic) to watch the caldera that last erupted in 1903.
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First Known Use of deformation
15th century
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