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▪ I. † diˈstort, ppl. a. Obs.
[ad. L. distort-us, pa. pple. of distorquēre: see next.]
Distorted (of which it may have been viewed as a shortened form); wry, awry.
1588J. Read Compend. Method 66 Of the curing of a distort foote of a childe. 1596Spenser F.Q. v. xii. 36 Her face was ugly, and her mouth distort. 1605A. Warren Selfishness World in Farr. S.P. Jas. I (1848) 82 Thus I..Homeward convert a distort countenance. 1642H. More Song of Soul i. iii. lxx, With monki's mouth distort.
▪ II. distort, v.|dɪˈstɔːt|
[f. L. distort- ppl. stem of distorquēre to twist different ways, distort, f. dis- 1 + torquēre to twist: cf. extort.]
†1. trans. To twist, wrench, or turn to one side, or out of the straight position. Obs.
a1631Donne Litany (R.), What distorted thee, And interrupted evenness with fits. 1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. iii. xx. 156 If you dip a pen in Aqua fortis..and present it towards these points, they will..decline the acrimony thereof, retyring or distorting them to avoid it. c1720Gay Birth of Squire 72 Headlong he falls, and on the rugged stone Distorts his neck.
2. a. To put out of shape or position by twisting or drawing awry; to change to an unnatural shape; to render crooked, unshapely, or deformed.
1634[see distorted]. 1751Johnson Rambler No. 173 ⁋1 Any action or posture, long continued, will distort..the limbs. 1836Marryat Japhet lxxiv, His features were distorted with extreme pain. 1860Tyndall Glac. i. i. 5 The fossils contained in slate-rocks are distorted in shape.
b. To alter the shape of any figure without destroying continuity, as by altering its angles; to represent by an image in which the angles or proportions of parts are altered, as by a convex mirror.
1812–6J. Smith Panorama Sc. & Art I. 429 A large object, seen through a lens which is very convex, appears more or less distorted. 1821Shelley Prometh. Unb. iv. 383 A many sided mirror, Which could distort to many a shape of error. Mod. A mirror which distorts the features.
3. fig. To give a twist or erroneous turn to (the mind, thoughts, views); to pervert or misrepresent (statements, facts).
c1586C'tess Pembroke Ps. cvii. xv, You whose conceites distorted be, Stand mute amazed at the sight. 1665Glanvill Scepsis Sci. xix. 118 Words..distorted from their common use, and known significations. 1736Butler Anal. i. v. Wks. 1874 I. 108 Both self love and particular affections..distort and rend the mind. 1828D'Israeli Chas. I, I. Pref. 5 To establish a pre-conceived theory..the historian sometimes distorted facts. 1837Whewell Hist. Induct. Sc. I. 58 The caprices of imagination distort our impressions.
4. intr. (for refl.) To become twisted or out of shape.
1680Otway C. Marius v. ii, Old Ancharius..was so violent..That his beard bristled, and his face distorted. 1959New Scientist 12 Nov. 942/3 The way in which the teeth distort is shown in Figure 3. 1962Which? (Car Suppl.) Oct. 135/2 On the hill, the jack mounting points distorted slightly.
Hence diˈstorting vbl. n. and ppl. a.
1610Bp. Carleton Jurisd. 302 Which distorting of Scriptures is expresly censured by the said learned men. 1819Shelley Cenci iv. i. 147 As From a distorting mirror. 1874L. Stephen Hours in Library (1892) II. i. 5 Imperfect images refracted through..distorting media.
Add:[2.] c. Electr. To change the form of (a signal or waveform) during transmission, amplification, or the like in such a way as to misrepresent it.
1887Electrician 3 June 81/1 It is the mixing up of these tails that causes arbitrary waves to be distorted as they travel from beginning to end of the line. 1921Wireless Age June 16/1 Side band frequencies which differ most from the frequency to which the antenna is tuned are noticeably suppressed, thereby distorting the modulated wave and impairing the reproduction at the receiving station. 1962A. Nisbett Technique Sound Studio xi. 195 One of the simplest methods of distorting sound is restriction of the frequency range by means of filters. 1983B. P. Lathi Mod. Digital & Analog Communication Syst. i. 4 The waveform is distorted because of different amounts of attenuation and phase shift suffered by different frequency components of the signal. |