| NOUN | event | distortion, deformation | a change for the worse |
|---|---|---|---|
| shape | distortion, distorted shape | a shape resulting from distortion | |
| phenomenon | distortion, aberration, optical aberration | an optical phenomenon resulting from the failure of a lens or mirror to produce a good image | |
| phenomenon | distortion | a change (usually undesired) in the waveform of an acoustic or analog electrical signal | |
| act | distortion, overrefinement, straining, torture, twisting | the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean | |
| act | distortion | the mistake of misrepresenting the facts |
| Sounds | dihstao'rshahn | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | A change for the worse. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | deformation | |
| Narrower | warp, warping | A moral or mental distortion |
| Broader | damage, harm, impairment | The occurrence of a change for the worse |
| Spanish | deformación, distorsión | |
| Catalan | deformació, distorsió | |
| Meaning | A shape resulting from distortion. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | distorted shape | |
| Narrower | knot, gnarl | Something twisted and tight and swollen |
| tortuosity, tortuousness, torsion, contortion, crookedness | A tortuous and twisted shape or position | |
| warp, buckle | A shape distorted by twisting or folding | |
| Broader | shape, form | The spatial arrangement of something as distinct from its substance |
| Spanish | distorsión | |
| Catalan | distorsió | |
| Nouns | distortionist | a painter who introduces distortions |
| Verbs | distort | twist and press out of shape |
| distort | form into a spiral shape | |
| Meaning | An optical phenomenon resulting from the failure of a lens or mirror to produce a good image. | |
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| Synonyms | aberration, optical aberration | |
| Narrower | chromatic aberration | An optical aberration in which the image has colored fringes |
| spherical aberration | An optical aberration resulting in a distorted image | |
| Broader | optical phenomenon | A physical phenomenon related to or involving light |
| Spanish | aberración, aberración óptica, distorsión | |
| Catalan | aberració òptica, distorsió | |
| Meaning | 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). | |
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| Example | "heavy metal guitar players use vacuum tube amplifiers to produce extreme distortion" | |
| Narrower | nonlinear distortion, amplitude distortion | distortion that occurs when the output signal does not have a linear relation to the input signal |
| Broader | acoustic phenomenon | A physical phenomenon associated with the production or transmission of sound |
| electrical phenomenon | A physical phenomenon involving electricity | |
| Verbs | distort | make false by mutilation or addition |
| Meaning | The act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean. | |
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| Synonyms | overrefinement, straining, torture, twisting | |
| Broader | falsification, misrepresentation | A willful perversion of facts |
| Spanish | deformación, distorsión, torcimiento, torsión | |
| Catalan | deformació | |
| Verbs | distort | make false by mutilation or addition |
| Meaning | The mistake of misrepresenting the facts. | |
|---|---|---|
| Broader | mistake, error, fault | A wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention |
| Spanish | distorsión, tergiversación | |
| Catalan | distorsió, tergiversació | |
| Verbs | distort | make false by mutilation or addition |
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