warping

warping

1. present participle of warp

warping (plural warpings)

1. An action or motion that warps or twists.
   • 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.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Craig to this entry?)

4. The practice of flooding agricultural land with turbid river water to add sediment to the soil.