distortion

(noun)

noun

1. a change for the worse

Similar word(s): deformation

Definition categories: event, damage, harm, impairment

2. a shape resulting from distortion

Definition categories: shape, form

3. an optical phenomenon resulting from the failure of a lens or mirror to produce a good image

Similar word(s): aberration

Definition categories: phenomenon

4. 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

Definition categories: phenomenon

5. the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean

Similar word(s): overrefinement, straining, torture, twisting

Definition categories: act, falsification, misrepresentation

6. the mistake of misrepresenting the facts

Definition categories: act, error, fault, mistake

Sentences with distortion as a noun:

- The story he told was a bit of a distortion.

- This recording sounds awful due to the distortion.