Distortion

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The act or an instance of distorting.
  • n. The condition of being distorted.
  • n. A statement that twists fact; a misrepresentation.
  • n. A change in the shape of an image resulting from imperfections in an optical system, such as a lens.
  • n. Electronics An undesired change in the waveform of a signal.
  • n. Electronics A consequence of such a change, especially a lack of fidelity in reception or reproduction.
  • n. Psychology The modification of unconscious impulses into forms acceptable by conscious or dreaming perception.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. An act of distorting.
  • n. A result of distorting.
  • n. A misrepresentation of the truth.
  • n. Noise or other artifacts caused in the electronic reproduction of sound or music.
  • n. An effect used in music, most commonly on guitars in rock or metal.
  • n. an aberration that causes magnification to change over the field of view.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The act of distorting, or twisting out of natural or regular shape; a twisting or writhing motion.
  • n. A wresting from the true meaning.
  • n. The state of being distorted, or twisted out of shape or out of true position; crookedness; perversion.
  • n. An unnatural deviation of shape or position of any part of the body producing visible deformity.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The act of distorting.
  • n. In mathematics, any change of shape not involving a breach of continuity. But a mere alteration of size in the same ratio in all directions is not considered to be a distortion.
  • n. A twisting or writhing motion: as, the facial distortions of a sufferer.
  • n. The state of being twisted out of shape; a deviation from the natural or regular shape or position; an unnatural direction of parts, from whatever cause.
  • n. A perversion of the true meaning or intent.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. an optical phenomenon resulting from the failure of a lens or mirror to produce a good image
  • n. a shape resulting from distortion
  • n. a change for the worse
  • n. the mistake of misrepresenting the facts
  • n. 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)
  • n. the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    mistake    error    fault    misrepresentation    falsification   
    Cross Reference
    perversion   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    crookedness    perversion   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    abortion    antiabortion    apportion    contortion    extortion   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    exaggeration    disturbance    anomaly    defect    alteration   
     
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