distortion
/dɪˈstɔːʃ(ə)n
/noun [mass noun]
1The action of distorting or the state of being distorted: the virus causes distortion of the leaves [count noun]: deliberate distortions of pitch and timbre...
- Circuit bandwidth reduction, attenuation distortion, non-linear distortion and noise also can lower the values.
- A fast pixel response helps eliminate ‘ghosting’ and distortion often seen on LCD monitors with slower response times.
- There is no curvature, thus distortion is eliminated.
Synonyms
warp, twist, contortion, bend, buckle, deformation, deformity, curve, curvature, malformation, disfigurement, crookedness;
gnarl, knot
1.1 [count noun] A distorted form or part: a distortion in the eye’s shape or structure...
- From the mid-1880s he began to use violent colour and linear distortions to express the most elemental emotions of fear, love, and hatred.
- Henderson was a master of playful and sinister distortions, cleverly achieved in the darkroom.
- Equally, Shakespeare's distortions of history, to which Miles occasionally refers, are, in and of themselves, important.
2The action of giving a misleading account or impression: we’re fed up with the media’s continuing distortion of our issues...
- I have to give a speech next week on media deceit and distortion, and when I saw this very same paper I thought, great!
- Falsehood and distortion are their stock and trade.
- It is hard to imagine carelessness, incompetence, prejudice, distortion, falsehood and unfairness being put to better use.
Synonyms
misrepresentation, perversion, twisting, falsification, misreporting, misstatement, manipulation;
garbling, travesty;
slant, bias, skew, colouring, prejudice, imbalance, spin;
tampering, tinkering, doctoring, alteration, change
3Change in the form of an electrical signal or sound wave during processing.The head-end BDA is a high gain amplifier with very low distortion characteristics....
- Even in clear skies, however, atmospheric distortion is a challenge.
- For example, distortion of sound is related to the length of the sound.
Derivatives
distortional
/ adjective ...- These locations correspond to the damage zones where our numerical models predict elevated distortional strain energy densities.
- Du & Aydin used distortional strain energy density to create the first models of deformation band propagation in mode II.
- Love investigated the possibility of the propagation of a purely distortional surface wave..
distortionless
- In a distortionless transmission the amplitude response is constant and the phase response is linear.
- The conditions for a distortionless transmission are examined, giving attention to various factors which can lead to distortions of the signal.