In materials science, deformation refers to any changes in the shape or size of an object due to-. an applied force (the deformation energy in this case is transferred through work) or.
a keyboard machine resembling a typewriter, used in a system of phonetic shorthand. 2. the symbols typed in one stroke on this machine.
Stenotype. n. 1. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) a machine with a keyboard for recording speeches, etc, in a phonetic shorthand. 2. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) any machine resembling this. 3. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) the phonetic symbol typed in one stroke of such a machine.