Distortion Definition
dĭ-stôrshən
distortions
noun
distortions
A distorting or being distorted.
Webster's New World
Anything distorted.
Webster's New World
A statement that twists fact; a misrepresentation.
American Heritage
The alteration of the original form of a signal representing an image, a sound, a waveform, or other information.
American Heritage
A visible or audible effect of such an alteration, such as the warping of an image or noise in an audio recording.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
- malobservation
- mistranslation
- misexplanation
- eisegesis
- distorted shape
- optical aberration
- aberration
- deformation
- twisting
- straining
- torture
- overrefinement
- misrendering
- misintelligence
- miscitation
Antonyms:
Other Word Forms of Distortion
Noun
Singular:
distortion
Plural:
distortions
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