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distortion

/ distortion /
noun

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
the mistake of misrepresenting the facts
Type of:
mistake error fault
Derived:
falsify distort garble warp
noun Sense 2
the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean
Type of:
falsification misrepresentaation
Derived:
twist twist around pervert convolute sophisticate
noun Sense 3
a change for the worse
Type of:
damage harm impairment
Kinds of:
warp warping
Derived:
deform
noun Sense 4
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)
"heavy metal guitar players use vacuum tube amplifiers to produce extrem"
Type of:
acoustic phenomenon electrical phenomenon
Kinds of:
nonlinear distortion amplitude distortion
Derived:
falsify distort garble warp
noun Sense 5
an optical phenomenon resulting from the failure of a lens or mirror to produce a good image
Type of:
optical phenomenon
Kinds of:
chromatic aberration spherical aberration
Derived:
aberrate
noun Sense 6
a shape resulting from distortion
Type of:
shape form
Kinds of:
tortuosity tortuousness torsion contortion crookedness
Derived:
twist twine distort contort deform
Semantic Complexity
100%
Sense Count
6
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
44
Times Searched
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mistake error fault falsification misrepresentaation damage harm impairment warp warping acoustic phenomenon electrical phenomenon