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entity go
that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)

abstraction, abstract entity go
a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples

psychological feature go
a feature of the mental life of a living organism

event go
something that happens at a given place and time

happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event go
an event that happens

change, alteration, modification go
an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another

deformation
alteration in the shape or dimensions of an object as a result of the application of stress to it

noun.event

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shear go
(physics) a deformation of an object in which parallel planes remain parallel but are shifted in a direction parallel to themselves
strain go
(physics) deformation of a physical body under the action of applied forces