形变 (xíng biàn) — (physics) deformation, change in shape; (linguistics) transform, transformation
Definition
A technical term meaning 'change in shape' (in physics: deformation of a material) or 'transformation' (in linguistics). Always used in academic or scientific contexts.
noun
(physics) deformationchange in shape(linguistics) transformtransformation
Examples
- 形变。Jīn shǔ zài gāo wēn xià róng yì fā shēng xíng biàn.Metal easily undergoes deformation under high temperature.
- 形变。Dì zhèn dǎo zhì dì miàn chǎn shēng le míng xiǎn de xíng biàn.The earthquake caused obvious deformation of the ground.
- 形变。Zhè ge yīn wèi xíng biàn guī zé hěn fù zá.This phonemic transformation rule is very complex.
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