DISTORTION

Definition:

1. [noun] a change for the worse
   Synonyms: deformation
   
   
2. [noun] a shape resulting from distortion
   Synonyms: distorted shape
   
   
3. [noun] an optical phenomenon resulting from the failure of a lens or mirror to produce a good image
   Synonyms: aberration, optical aberration
   
   
4. [noun] 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"
   
   
5. [noun] the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean
   Synonyms: overrefinement, straining, torture, twisting
   
   
6. [noun] the mistake of misrepresenting the facts
   
   

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Related Words:

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