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[dih-stawr-shuhn]

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noun

an act or instance of distorting.

the state of being distorted or the relative degree or amount by which something is distorted or distorts.

anything that is distorted, as a sound, image, fact, etc.

Optics. an aberration of a lens or system of lenses in which the magnification of the object varies with the lateral distance from the axis of the lens.

Compare barrel distortion, pincushion distortion.

Origin:
1575–85; < Latin distortiōn- (stem of distortiō). See distort, -ion

Related forms

dis·tor·tion·al, dis·tor·tion·ar·y, adjective

non·dis·tor·tion, noun

o·ver·dis·tor·tion, noun

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Distortion is always a great word to know.

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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.

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If remediation of lack of preparation for post-secondary work was not factored out, then the cost distortion will be significant.

One of the key features of a tax system is the distortion it causes.

The larger the area covered by a map, the greater the distortion.

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If remediation of lack of preparation for post-secondary work was not factored out, then the cost distortion will be significant.

One of the key features of a tax system is the distortion it causes.

The larger the area covered by a map, the greater the distortion.

Such a breach results in distortion of hearing and, often, impaired balance.

The distortion might still be visible, but it won't be distinct.

What is surprising is that such a distortion of global statistics might be possible.

The entire planet comes into stunning focus using a new technique that removes atmospheric distortion.

During collapse, the time distortion stops the collapse.

Worse, our memories are vulnerable to contamination and distortion.

It's a government distortion that would hinder global growth.

They shouted and sang, music pouring from open doors and windows amplified to distortion.

In other words, there are two levels of distortion at work.

So the trick to making a cloak for static magnetic fields is to counteract that distortion.

Neither side is wholly innocent of distortion but the president's critics have a point.

The scan also revealed some odd x-ray-opaque blobs in her soft tissues and a distortion of certain bones.

It is a bewildering, rambling compilations of disjointed news-clippings taken completely out of context for maximum distortion.

Minimal scratching and distortion in audio recordings.

Disinformation and distortion obstruct all sensible tax reform.

There are ways in which digital processing actually removes distortion from images.

Eating something fatty at the zig-zag rainbow vision distortion stage seems to prevent the usual blinding headache and nausea.

If you have a distortion pedal, for example, you could make all your delays sound crunchy and messed-up.

And what little distortion speculators may cause is soundly trumped by the service they provide.

The polarized gray lenses are tough, and they create minimal distortion.

Here, the media has done a poor job, raising the strake for confrontation through distortion.

They run the gamut from fuzz and distortion to wah-wahs and ring modulators.

The widescreen image distortion easily gives it away.

But if this paints a picture of bucolic peace, it would be a serious distortion.

The amount of disinformation and distortion in the comments above does a real disservice to scientific integrity.

Add the second channel for anything from a slight crunch to grin-inducing distortion.

With this book there are three kinds of uncheckable possible distortion.

The distortion is a pronounced curvature of local spacetime.

The video is also cropped so viewers can see it on their phone without significant distortion.

Your study has show nothing but your illusory, and imaginary distortion of the facts with no conclusive evidence.

There's virtually no distortion as the platter accelerates to full speed.

There may also be distortion of the signal as the wire goes through the electromagnetic environment of the plasma.

Its processor compares input and output waveforms to detect distortion.

Your comments are a calculated distortion of the record.

Amplifiers at each pixel serve to minimize distortion.

There is no distortion of the figure, no exaggeration.

Photons have gravity, which makes the distortion more complex.

The story of the gay sheep is an example of the distortion that can result when science meets the global news cycle.

Disclosure is serious but the distortion of findings is grave.

Any distortion by acolytes is the fault of the hype rather than the hypee.

But it's also a distortion to give students the opposite message in undiluted form.

Then he'd open up, letting loose his blues growl and kicking in the distortion.

Only in the case you had had no education at all, this distortion would escape you.

One distortion invites another, which creates the need for a third.

But they also stated that a major sign of the disease is the distortion of the bodyimage.

The cause of this fuzziness is known as multipath distortion.

It would be a distortion to portray the whole region as a zone of permanent conflict.

Sound specs such as signal-to-noise ratio and total harmonic distortion don't mean.

In their simple-minded, artificial way, no less a vulgarization of taste and a distortion of reality.

I'd be in favor of decreasing the cap on mortgage interest deductibility annually until the distortion goes away.

The report identifies causes of possible distortion in the figures.

The problem is that the valid criticisms are buried under a heap of error, muddle and deliberate distortion.

The one thing is that the image clearly has some distortion.

To correct the images, they will project an artificial laser star into space and measure light's distortion on the return trip.

But if it does not works, is maybe because a market distortion is working, reducing overall efficiency.

Making such a small space look spacious without optical distortion requires the right equipment.

The dock comes with four speaker drivers that deliver eight watts of audio and also help cut down on noise distortion.

China's refusal to allow the yuan to appreciate is already one of the biggest causes of distortion in the world economy.

The problem for voters is that attack politics can lead to distortion of the issues debate.

The result is a super wide-angle webcam with the trademark curved distortion of a fisheye.

The notion was a gross distortion of scientific findings on prosaic mental abilities.

The theory is that any distortion that is less than an inch and a half is the result of.

However, even when the distortion is intentional it's still rarely rises to the level of outright fraud.

So the picture must be accepted as a trifling but sometimes amusing distortion of life-and little more.

There is no distortion of atomic matter embedded in a curved spacetime continuum because there is no continuum.

One that seems rational to me is friction due to tidal distortion of the earth.

Exposing some of the distortion methods is a step in right.

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World English Dictionary

distortion (dɪˈstɔːʃən)

—n
1.	the act or an instance of distorting or the state of being distorted
2.	something that is distorted
3.	an aberration of a lens or optical system in which the magnification varies with the lateral distance from the axis
4.	electronics
	a. an undesired change in the shape of an electromagnetic wave or signal
	b. the result of such a change in waveform, esp a loss of clarity in radio reception or sound reproduction
5.	psychol a change in perception so that it does not correspond to reality
6.	psychoanal the disguising of the meaning of unconscious thoughts so that they may appear in consciousness, e.g. in dreams

dis'tortional

—*adj*

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Word Origin & History

distortion

1580s, "action of distorting," from L. distortionem, noun of action from distorquere (see distort). Figurative use (of words, etc.) from 1640s.

American Heritage

Medical Dictionary

distortion dis·tor·tion (dĭ-stôr'shən)
n.

A twisting out of normal shape or form.
A psychological defense mechanism that helps to repress or disguise unacceptable thoughts.
Parataxic distortion.

dis·tor'tion·al or dis·tor'tion·ar'y adj.

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