"change of shape" | Definition and Related Words

Noun

is a type of: change - the action of changing something
subtypes:
- contortion, deformation - the act of twisting or deforming the shape of something (e.g., yourself)
- convolution - the action of coiling or twisting or winding together
- angulation - the act of making angulate (having corners)
- bending - the act of bending something
- elongation - the act of lengthening something
- enfolding, involution - the action of enfolding something
- corrugation - the act of shaping into parallel ridges and grooves
- fold, folding - the act of folding
- indentation - the act of cutting into an edge with toothlike notches or angular incisions
- jut, jutting, projection, protrusion - the act of projecting out from something
- broadening, widening - the act of making something wider
- narrowing - the act of making something narrower