distortion

dis·tor·tion  (d-stôrshn)

n.

1.

a. The act or an instance of distorting.

b. The condition of being distorted.

2. A statement that twists fact; a misrepresentation.

3. A change in the shape of an image resulting from imperfections in an optical system, such as a lens.

4. Electronics

a. An undesired change in the waveform of a signal.

b. A consequence of such a change, especially a lack of fidelity in reception or reproduction.

5. Psychology The modification of unconscious impulses into forms acceptable by conscious or dreaming perception.

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dis·tortion·al, dis·tortion·ary adj.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	distortion - a change for the worse               deformation damage, impairment, harm - the occurrence of a change for the worse warping, warp - a moral or mental distortion
	2.	distortion - a shape resulting from distortion distorted shape shape, form - the spatial arrangement of something as distinct from its substance; "geometry is the mathematical science of shape" crookedness, torsion, tortuosity, tortuousness, contortion - a tortuous and twisted shape or position; "they built a tree house in the tortuosities of its boughs"; "the acrobat performed incredible contortions" buckle, warp - a shape distorted by twisting or folding gnarl, knot - something twisted and tight and swollen; "their muscles stood out in knots"; "the old man's fists were two great gnarls"; "his stomach was in knots"
	3.	distortion - an optical phenomenon resulting from the failure of a lens or mirror to produce a good image optical aberration, aberration chromatic aberration - an optical aberration in which the image has colored fringes optical phenomenon - a physical phenomenon related to or involving light spherical aberration - an optical aberration resulting in a distorted image
	4.	distortion - 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 extreme distortion" acoustic phenomenon - a physical phenomenon associated with the production or transmission of sound electrical phenomenon - a physical phenomenon involving electricity amplitude distortion, nonlinear distortion - distortion that occurs when the output signal does not have a linear relation to the input signal
	5.	distortion - the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean overrefinement, twisting, straining, torture falsification, misrepresentation - a willful perversion of facts
	6.	distortion - the mistake of misrepresenting the facts error, fault, mistake - a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention; "he made a bad mistake"; "she was quick to point out my errors"; "I could understand his English in spite of his grammatical faults"

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distortion

noun 1. misrepresentation, bias, slant, perversion, falsification, colouring

noun 2. deformity, bend, twist, warp, buckle, contortion, malformation, crookedness, twistedness

Translations

distortion [dɪsˈtɔːʃən] n → deformación f [of sound] → distorsión f [of truth etc] → tergiversación f [of facts] → falseamiento

distortion [dɪsˈtɔːʃən] n → déformation f

distortion [dɪsˈtɔːʃən] distort n (see vb) → Verzerrung f; Verdrehung f

distortion [dɪsˈtɔːʃən] n (gen) → distorsione f [of truth etc] → alterazione f [of facts] → travisamento;

(TECH) → deformazione f