distortion B2 Topic:Senses & Perception US /dɪˈstɔrʃən/ UK /dɪsˈtɔːʃən/ See IPA manual Freq #18436 Meanings 1 noun A change that makes something untrue or inaccurate; a misrepresentation. The article was a complete distortion of what he had actually said. 2 noun A change in shape or appearance that makes something look twisted or wrong. The cheap lens caused noticeable distortion at the edges of the photo. 3 noun Unwanted change or noise in reproduced sound or a signal. This recording sounds awful because of all the distortion. Thesaurus Synonyms 2 noun · a change in shape or... deformation More disfigurement Word family Forms distortions Derived forms antiferrodistortioncounterdistortiondistortionaldistortionarydistortionistdistortionlessferrodistortionmicrodistortionnondistortionpredistortionundistortion Related forms distort Common collocations amplitude distortion Noun + noun Etymology AI details Borrowed from Latin distortio, distortionis, from distortus. Topics Senses & Perception External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # distortion **Type:** Word **Level:** B2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /dɪˈstɔrʃən/ **IPA (UK):** /dɪsˈtɔːʃən/ **Frequency rank:** 18436 ## Meanings 1. A change that makes something untrue or inaccurate; a misrepresentation. 2. A change in shape or appearance that makes something look twisted or wrong. 3. Unwanted change or noise in reproduced sound or a signal. ## Examples - The article was a complete distortion of what he had actually said. - The cheap lens caused noticeable distortion at the edges of the photo. - This recording sounds awful because of all the distortion. ## Synonyms - deformation - disfigurement ## Derived Forms - antiferrodistortion - counterdistortion - distortional - distortionary - distortionist - distortionless - ferrodistortion - microdistortion - nondistortion - predistortion - undistortion ## Related Forms - distort ## Etymology Borrowed from Latin distortio, distortionis, from distortus. ## AI Etymology Distortion is borrowed from Latin distortio, distortionis, from distortus. In current use, the main senses are “A change that makes something untrue or inaccurate; a misrepresentation” and “A change in shape or appearance that makes something look twisted or wrong”. ## Topics - Senses & Perception markdown