Distortion

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An act of distorting. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    the mistake of misrepresenting the facts wordnet
  3. 3
    A result of distorting. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean wordnet
  5. 5
    A misrepresentation of the truth. countable, uncountable

    "The story he told was a bit of a distortion."

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  1. 6
    a change for the worse wordnet
  2. 7
    Noise or other artifacts caused in the electronic reproduction of sound or music. countable, uncountable

    "This recording sounds awful due to the distortion."

  3. 8
    an optical phenomenon resulting from the failure of a lens or mirror to produce a good image wordnet
  4. 9
    An effect used in music, most commonly on guitars in rock or metal. countable, uncountable
  5. 10
    a change (usually undesired) in the waveform of an acoustic or analog electrical signal; the difference between two measurements of a signal (as between the input and output signal) wordnet
  6. 11
    An aberration that causes magnification to change over the field of view. countable, uncountable
  7. 12
    a shape resulting from distortion wordnet

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin distortio, distortionis, from distortus.

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