distortion
Nouns
- (n) a change for the worse deformation,
- (n) a shape resulting from distortion distorted shape,
- (n) an optical phenomenon resulting from the failure of a lens or mirror to produce a good image optical aberration, aberration,
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(n) 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
- (n) the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean overrefinement, twisting, straining, torture,
- (n) the mistake of misrepresenting the facts