noun
Freq #18436
Meanings
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1
noun
A change that makes something untrue or inaccurate; a misrepresentation.
The article was a complete distortion of what he had actually said.
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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.
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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
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin distortio, distortionis, from distortus.