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distorsyon : distortion (n.)
[ Etymology: English: distortion ]

Derivatives of distorsyon


Glosses:
distortion
n. (event)1. deformation, distortiona change for the worse.
~ damage, impairment, harmthe occurrence of a change for the worse.
~ warping, warpa moral or mental distortion.
n. (shape)2. distorted shape, distortiona shape resulting from distortion.
~ shape, formthe spatial arrangement of something as distinct from its substance.; "geometry is the mathematical science of shape"
~ crookedness, torsion, tortuosity, tortuousness, contortiona tortuous and twisted shape or position.; "they built a tree house in the tortuosities of its boughs"; "the acrobat performed incredible contortions"
~ buckle, warpa shape distorted by twisting or folding.
~ gnarl, knotsomething twisted and tight and swollen.; "their muscles stood out in knots"; "the old man's fists were two great gnarls"; "his stomach was in knots"
n. (phenomenon)3. aberration, distortion, optical aberrationan optical phenomenon resulting from the failure of a lens or mirror to produce a good image.
~ chromatic aberrationan optical aberration in which the image has colored fringes.
~ optical phenomenona physical phenomenon related to or involving light.
~ spherical aberrationan optical aberration resulting in a distorted image.
n. (phenomenon)4. distortiona 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"
~ acoustic phenomenona physical phenomenon associated with the production or transmission of sound.
~ electrical phenomenona physical phenomenon involving electricity.
~ amplitude distortion, nonlinear distortiondistortion that occurs when the output signal does not have a linear relation to the input signal.
n. (act)5. distortion, overrefinement, straining, torture, twistingthe act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean.
~ falsification, misrepresentationa willful perversion of facts.
n. (act)6. distortionthe mistake of misrepresenting the facts.
~ error, fault, mistakea wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention.; "he made a bad mistake"; "she was quick to point out my errors"; "I could understand his English in spite of his grammatical faults"