warping

An action or motion that warps or twists.

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[…]

the deformation of the Earth's crust over a large area

The art or occupation of preparing warp or webs for the weaver.

In the more rude state of the art of Weaving , it was the uniform practice in warping, to fix pins in two upright posts at a certain distance from each other, and a number of small pins upon the posts about nine inches distant from each pin

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