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Distortion
noun
Definitions
Noun
- 1 An act of distorting. countable, uncountable
- 2 the mistake of misrepresenting the facts wordnet
- 3 A result of distorting. countable, uncountable
- 4 the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean wordnet
- 5 A misrepresentation of the truth. countable, uncountable
"The story he told was a bit of a distortion."
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- 6 a change for the worse wordnet
- 7 Noise or other artifacts caused in the electronic reproduction of sound or music. countable, uncountable
"This recording sounds awful due to the distortion."
- 8 an optical phenomenon resulting from the failure of a lens or mirror to produce a good image wordnet
- 9 An effect used in music, most commonly on guitars in rock or metal. countable, uncountable
- 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
- 11 An aberration that causes magnification to change over the field of view. countable, uncountable
- 12 a shape resulting from distortion wordnet
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin distortio, distortionis, from distortus.
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