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Defenition of the word distortion

    • Defenition of the word distortion

      • The negative alteration or falsification of something.
      • Anything that is distorted, as a sound, image, fact, etc.
      • A phenomenon in optics where straight lines in a scene do not appear as straight lines when seen through a lens.
      • an optical phenomenon resulting from the failure of a lens or mirror to produce a good image
      • a shape resulting from distortion
      • the mistake of misrepresenting the facts
      • a change for the worse
      • the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean
      • 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
      • 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)

    Synonyms for the word distortion

      • aberration
      • deformation
      • distorted shape
      • optical aberration
      • overrefinement
      • straining
      • torture
      • twisting

    Hyponyms for the word distortion

      • amplitude distortion
      • buckle
      • chromatic aberration
      • contortion
      • crookedness
      • gnarl
      • knot
      • nonlinear distortion
      • spherical aberration
      • torsion
      • tortuosity
      • tortuousness
      • warp
      • warping

    Hypernyms for the word distortion

      • acoustic phenomenon
      • damage
      • electrical phenomenon
      • error
      • falsehood
      • falsification
      • fault
      • form
      • harm
      • impairment
      • misrepresentaation
      • misrepresentation
      • mistake
      • optical phenomenon
      • shape

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