What is deformation? By Owais Khattak 8:13:00 PM The term deformation is, like several other structural geology terms, used in different ways by different people and under different circumstances. In most cases, particularly in the ï¬eld, the term refers to the distortion (strain) that is expressed in a (deformed) rock. This is also what the word literally means: a change in form or shape.
1. the principles of government set forth in The Prince by Machiavelli, in which political expediency is exalted above morality and the use of er aft and deceit to maintain authority or to effectuate policy is recommended. Also Machiavellism. 2. activity characterized by subtle cunning, duplicity, or bad faith.
â Niccolo NiccolÃ², Machiavelli The. Prince. âLike men in general judge more by the sense of sight than by the sense of, touch because everyone can see but few can test by. Feeling everyone sees what you seem to, be few know what you really; are and those few do not dare take a stand against the general.â. opinion