Definitions for Distort
dɪˈstɔrtdis·tort

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. falsify, distort, garble, warpverb

   make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story

2. twist, twine, distortverb

   form into a spiral shape

   "The cord is all twisted"

3. contort, deform, distort, wringverb

   twist and press out of shape

4. tinge, color, colour, distortverb

   affect as in thought or feeling

   "My personal feelings color my judgment in this case"; "The sadness tinged his life"

5. deform, distort, strainverb

   alter the shape of (something) by stress

   "His body was deformed by leprosy"

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. distortverb

   To bring something out of shape.

2. distortverb

   To become misshapen.

3. distortverb

   To give a false or misleading account of

   In their articles, journalists sometimes distort the truth.

4. Etymology: From distortum, past participle of distorquero

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To DISTORTverb

   Etymology: distortus, Latin.

   1. To writhe; to twist; to deform by irregular motions.

   Now mortal pangs distort his lovely form. Smith.

   2. To put out of the true direction or posture.

   Wrath and malice, envy and revenge, do darken and distort the understandings of men. John Tillotson.

   3. To wrest from the true meaning.

   Something must be distorted, beside the intent of the divine inditer. Henry Peacham, on Poetry.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. distort

   In signal processing, distortion is the alteration of the original shape (or other characteristic) of a signal. In communications and electronics it means the alteration of the waveform of an information-bearing signal, such as an audio signal representing sound or a video signal representing images, in an electronic device or communication channel. Distortion is usually unwanted, and so engineers strive to eliminate or minimize it. In some situations, however, distortion may be desirable. For example, in noise reduction systems like the Dolby system, an audio signal is deliberately distorted in ways that emphasize aspects of the signal that are subject to electrical noise, then it is symmetrically "undistorted" after passing through a noisy communication channel, reducing the noise in the received signal. Distortion is also used as a musical effect, particularly with electric guitars. The addition of noise or other outside signals (hum, interference) is not considered distortion, though the effects of quantization distortion are sometimes included in noise. Quality measures that reflect both noise and distortion include the signal-to-noise and distortion (SINAD) ratio and total harmonic distortion plus noise (THD+N).

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1. distort

   Distort refers to the act of altering or misrepresenting the truth, facts, or the way something appears or is perceived, often to suit one's own narrative or objectives. It can also refer to the act of twisting or deforming the physical shape or features of something.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Distortadjective

   distorted; misshapen

2. Distortverb

   to twist of natural or regular shape; to twist aside physically; as, to distort the limbs, or the body

3. Distortverb

   to force or put out of the true posture or direction; to twist aside mentally or morally

4. Distortverb

   to wrest from the true meaning; to pervert; as, to distort passages of Scripture, or their meaning

5. Etymology: [L. distortus, p. p. of distorquere to twist, distort; dis- + torquere to twist. See Torsion.]

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1. Distort

   Distort was the second release and first remix album by Darkwave duo Collide which has been out of print for some time. However recently the album has been brought back in stock with a few more tracks and has undergone some more studio remixing and remastering for the 2006 release.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Distort

   dis-tort′, v.t. to turn a different way: to force out of the natural or regular shape or direction: to turn aside from the true meaning: to pervert: to misrepresent.—p.adj. Distort′ed.—n. Distor′tion, a twisting out of regular shape: crookedness: perversion.—adj. Distort′ive, causing distortion. [L. dis, asunder, torquēre, tortum, to twist.]

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Distort in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Distort in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of Distort in a Sentence

1. Ralph Waldo Emerson:

   The angels are so enamoured of the language that is spoken in heaven, that they will not distort their lips with the hissing and unmusical dialects of men, but speak their own, whether there be any who understand it or not.

2. Garrett Epps:

   It took an extra 20 years to do away with child labor, that's 20 years of children coughing their lungs out in textile mills or dragging wagons of coals underground instead of going to school because the court chose to distort the Constitution that way.

3. Michal Meidan:

   Monthly data is problematic to look at for broader structural trends because stocks tend to distort the data.

4. Elizabeth Loftus:

   Even traumatic experiences can be subjected to post-event suggestion that can exaggerate, distort or change the memory.

5. Fyodor Dostoevsky:

   By interpreting freedom as the propagation and immediate gratification of needs, people distort their own nature, for they engender in themselves a multitude of pointless and foolish desires, habits, and incongruous stratagems. Their lives are motivated only by mutual envy, sensuality, and ostentation.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Distort
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Distort
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Distort
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distort
5. ^ ChatGPT
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6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Distort
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Distort
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Distort