Distortion - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|dɪˈstɔːrʃn|
Brit.
|dɪˈstɔːʃ(ə)n|
noun
- a change for the worse (syn: deformation)
- a shape resulting from distortion
- an optical phenomenon resulting from the failure of a lens or mirror to produce a good image (syn: aberration)
- 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)
- the mistake of misrepresenting the facts
- a shape resulting from distortion
- an optical phenomenon resulting from the failure of a lens or mirror to produce a good image (syn: aberration)
- 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
- the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean (syn: straining, torture, twisting)- the mistake of misrepresenting the facts
Extra examples
...a distortion of the car chassis resulting from collision...
Word forms
noun
singular: distortion
plural: distortions
singular: distortion
plural: distortions
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