warping

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Verb

1. present participle of warp#English|warp

Noun

warping (plural warpings)

1. An action or motion that warps or twists.
   • 1973, Oliver Sacks, Awakenings

     Such inertia-less states stand in absolute contrast (and complementarity) to the positive disorders of Parkinsonism, with their intense inertia and resistance to change, their violent warpings of space and field […]

2. (geology) the deformation of the Earth's crust over a large area
3. The art or occupation of preparing warp or webs for the weaver.
4. The practice of flooding agricultural land with turbid river water to add sediment to the soil.

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