Sentence examples for deform from inspiring English sources

But substances can also deform permanently, so that not all the deformation is recovered.

As the nucleus of the fragment adjusts from its deformed shape to a more stable configuration, the deformation energy (i.e., the energy required to deform it) is recovered and converted into internal excitation energy, and neutrons and prompt gamma rays (an energetic form of electromagnetic radiation given off nearly coincident with the fission event) may be evaporated from the moving fragment.

Take another example: in Vietnam, the effect of the chemical Agent Orange used by Washington during the war continues to deform children, yet there has never been any serious prosecutions for the horrific crimes committed in the name of "fighting communism".

So-called "smart materials" include shape-memory alloys, which change shape according to the temperature, and piezoelectric materials that mechanically deform when an electric field is applied.

That lets the particles move around and allows the panel to deform.

Part of the reason is that the mandatum verse begins a well-known piece of Holy Thursday liturgy, but after listening to monks chanting it, it is hardly obvious that believers would pick out that first word, deform it to Maundy and so name the holiday.

If their performance is not to suffer, ingenious ways of extracting heat have to be found.The micro fans being developed at Purdue University, Indiana, use a Mylar blade attached to a ceramic with piezoelectric properties (ie, able to deform mechanically when an electric field is applied).

In a typical crash, the initial jolt would cause the air-bags to inflate, the seat-belts to lock, inertial switches to cut off the fuel supply, and the vehicle's crumple zones to deform in a predefined manner, so as to absorb the energy of impact.

But Ivor's philosophy was that the "source" comes first: if you lose or deform signals from the recording, speakers have less to work with.With this principle in mind, he designed a turntable to minimise acoustic interference.

The result should be a bridge that can deform in an earthquake without snapping, but which returns, more or less, to its original shape when the quake is over.

(One reason that hard things are rarely sticky is because they are too firm to deform and create more points of contact).