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.