distortionnoun
uk/dɪˈstɔː.ʃən/us/dɪˈstɔːr.ʃən/distortion noun (FALSE MEANING)
[ C or U ] a change to the intended or true meaning of something:
a gross distortion of the facts
Nobody has challenged his distortions on education and the economy.
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- They are furthering their agenda through lies and distortion.
- The producers insisted the show was a truthful portrayal and there was no distortion.
- These are unsubstantiated attacks containing exaggerations and distortions.
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Lies, lying & hypocrisy
- artifice
- bad faith
- be a pack of lies idiom
- canard
- charade
- cobbler
- forked tongue
- half-truth
- hogwash
- humbug
- hypocrisy
- make sth up
- polygraph
- pork pie
- porky
- post-factual
- post-truth
- propaganda
- stretch the truth idiom
- venal
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distortion noun (SHAPE)
[ C or U ] a change to the original or natural shape of something:
When you project the photographs onto a surface, some distortion of the image may occur.
The painting features Dali's characteristic distortions of form.
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- The supersensitive camera reduces noise, image distortion and blur to create amazingly sharp images.
- A handwriting expert was unable to determine who had written the note due to the distortion of the writing.
- It could be argued that any photographic image is already a distortion of what one sees in the real world.
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Bending, twisting and curving
- bent
- bowed
- buckle
- contort
- convoluted
- crook
- fluted
- intertwine
- interweave
- knot
- matted
- meander
- meandering
- roil
- twine
- twisted
- twisty
- warp
- warped
- wring
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Damaging and spoiling
Recording sounds and images
distortion noun (SOUND)
[ U ] a change in or loss of sound quality, due to changes in the shape of the sound wave:
The audio track sounds clean and free of distortion.
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- Using this phone, the person I was speaking to said I sounded distant, with more distortion.
- His grimy guitar, with lots of distortion, is key to the band's sound.
- The system corrects for distortion caused by sound bouncing off glass or being absorbed by upholstery.
- They use DC-coupled amplifiers for low distortion.
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Describing qualities of sound
- (as) clear as a bell idiom
- background
- bass 1
- brassy
- consonance
- crackle
- creaky
- depth
- easy
- grating
- harmonious
- hollowly
- inaudible
- low-pitched
- pitched
- pure
- rhythmic
- sonorous
- squelch
- tune
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Recording sounds and images