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... distortion ? Not every deviation from a given shape is a distortion . If I clip a corner from a square and add it at some other place of the outline , a change of shape results but no distortion . If I enlarge the entire square , I get ...
... distortion ? Not every deviation from a given shape is a distortion . If I clip a corner from a square and add it at some other place of the outline , a change of shape results but no distortion . If I enlarge the entire square , I get ...
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... distortion that is obliquely directed and therefore does not coincide with the axes of the square . Also the distortion is of relatively simple struc- ture , applied to the square as a whole . It seems possible to describe the rhomb a ...
... distortion that is obliquely directed and therefore does not coincide with the axes of the square . Also the distortion is of relatively simple struc- ture , applied to the square as a whole . It seems possible to describe the rhomb a ...
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... distortions . A distortion is seen when the pattern represents an over - all deviation from a simpler pat- tern clearly visible in the distorted one . Figure 209 appears as a distortion of a vertical row of squares of equal size . If ...
... distortions . A distortion is seen when the pattern represents an over - all deviation from a simpler pat- tern clearly visible in the distorted one . Figure 209 appears as a distortion of a vertical row of squares of equal size . If ...
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