What does distortion mean?
Definitions for distortion
dɪˈstɔr ʃəndis·tor·tion
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Princeton's WordNet
distortion, deformationnoun
a change for the worse
distorted shape, distortionnoun
a shape resulting from distortion
aberration, distortion, optical aberrationnoun
an optical phenomenon resulting from the failure of a lens or mirror to produce a good image
distortionnoun
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"
distortion, overrefinement, straining, torture, twistingnoun
the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean
distortionnoun
the mistake of misrepresenting the facts
Wiktionary
distortionnoun
An act of distorting.
distortionnoun
A result of distorting.
distortionnoun
A misrepresentation of the truth.
The story he told was a bit of a distortion.
distortionnoun
Noise or other artifacts caused in the electronic reproduction of sound or music.
This recording sounds awful due to the distortion.
distortionnoun
An effect used in music, most commonly on guitars in rock or metal.
distortionnoun
(optics) an aberration that causes magnification to change over the field of view.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Distortionnoun
Irregular motion by which the face is writhed, or the parts disordered.
Etymology: distortio, Lat.
By his distortions he reveals his pains;
He by his tears, and by his sighs complains. Matthew Prior.In England we see people lulled asleep with solid and elaborate discourses of piety, who would be warmed and transported out of themselves by the bellowings and distortions of enthusiasm. Joseph Addison, Spectator, №. 407.
Wikipedia
Distortion
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).
ChatGPT
distortion
Distortion is a deviation or alteration from the original or expected form, state, or condition. It can refer to a manipulation, misrepresentation, or skewing of information, meaning, sound, visual imagery or any other input that changes its original or true nature, often leading to misunderstanding or misconception. Distortion can occur in various fields such as physics, communication, arts, music, and psychology.
Webster Dictionary
Distortionnoun
the act of distorting, or twisting out of natural or regular shape; a twisting or writhing motion; as, the distortions of the face or body
Distortionnoun
a wresting from the true meaning
Distortionnoun
the state of being distorted, or twisted out of shape or out of true position; crookedness; perversion
Distortionnoun
an unnatural deviation of shape or position of any part of the body producing visible deformity
Etymology: [L. distortio: cf. F. distortion.]
Wikidata
Distortion
Distortion is the alteration of the original shape of something, such as an object, image, sound or waveform. Distortion is usually unwanted, and so engineers strive to eliminate distortion, or minimize it. In some situations, however, distortion may be desirable. The important signal processing operation of heterodyning is based on nonlinear mixing of signals to cause intermodulation. Distortion is also used as a musical effect, particularly with electric guitars. The addition of noise or other outside signals is not deemed distortion, though the effects of quantization distortion are sometimes deemed noise. A quality measure that explicitly reflects both the noise and the distortion is the Signal-to-noise-and-distortion ratio.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of distortion in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of distortion in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of distortion in a Sentence
This is clearly a distortion and a disservice to anyone who loved Superman that read the comic books and watched those movies.
The very idea that a building of 90,000 square feet can be called a home seems at the least a significant distortion of building code.
Given the support, Bombardier has been very aggressive, to the point of offering planes at prices below their production costs. That's what the numbers show, it causes a major distortion in the market. We're not competing with a private enterprise any more. We're competing with the government.
Russian President Vladimir Putin:
We see what's happening in the Middle East, where terrorists from the so-called Islamic State are discrediting the great world religion of Islam, planting hatred, killing people, destroying world cultural monuments in a barbaric way, their ideology is based on a lie, on a distortion of Islam.
The intimation is that Hamas now accepts the state of Israel. This is a complete distortion of the truth. The new Hamas statement says Israel has no right to exist.
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- تشويهArabic
- изопачаване, изкривяване, деформация, измятанеBulgarian
- zkresleníCzech
- fordrejelse, forvridning, forvrængning, distortionDanish
- Verwindung, Verdrehung, Verformung, Zerrbild, Verzerrung, EnstellungGerman
- παραμόρφωση, διαστροφή, διαστρέβλωση, παραποίησηGreek
- distorsiónSpanish
- اعوجاجPersian
- vääristymä, vääristäminen, vääristyminen, särö, vääristelyFinnish
- distorsionFrench
- meghamisítás, eltorzításHungarian
- distorsiIndonesian
- quavis deformationeLatin
- forvrengningNorwegian
- distorçãoPortuguese
- дисто́рсия, дисто́ршн, искривле́ние, искаже́ниеRussian
- distortion, förvrängning, förvrängingSwedish
- వక్రీకరణTelugu
- çarpıtmaTurkish
- méo móVietnamese
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