DEFORMATION • FREE-TRANSLATOR.COM • Definition of Deformation

... a plane that is parallel to the picture plane diminish in proportion as they become more distant, but do not undergo any perspective deformation; and remain in the same relation and proportion each to each as the original lines. This is called the ...

— The Theory and Practice of Perspective • George Adolphus Storey

... less fond of the arts, provided he finds in them a sincere interpretation of life. This is why the theatre, with its false values, its tinsel and affectation, has to him seemed a gross deformation of the reality, ever since the day when at Ajaccio he attended a performance of "Norma," in which the moon was represented by a round transparent disc, lit from behind by a lantern hanging at the end of a string, whose oscillation revealed by turns first the luminary and then the transparency. ...

— Fabre, Poet of Science • Dr. G.V. (C.V.) Legros