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noun. The act or an instance of distorting.

noun. The condition of being distorted.

noun. A statement that twists fact; a misrepresentation.

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noun. The alteration of the original form of a signal representing an image, a sound, a waveform, or other information.

noun. A visible or audible effect of such an alteration, such as the warping of an image or noise in an audio recording.

noun. The modification of unconscious impulses into forms acceptable by conscious or dreaming perception.

noun. The act of distorting.

noun. In mathematics, any change of shape not involving a breach of continuity. But a mere alteration of size in the same ratio in all directions is not considered to be a distortion.

noun. A twisting or writhing motion: as, the facial distortions of a sufferer.

noun. The state of being twisted out of shape; a deviation from the natural or regular shape or position; an unnatural direction of parts, from whatever cause.

noun. A perversion of the true meaning or intent.

noun. The act of distorting, or twisting out of natural or regular shape; a twisting or writhing motion.

noun. A wresting from the true meaning.

noun. The state of being distorted, or twisted out of shape or out of true position; crookedness; perversion.

noun. An unnatural deviation of shape or position of any part of the body producing visible deformity.

noun. An act of distorting.

noun. A result of distorting.

noun. A misrepresentation of the truth.

noun. Noise or other artifacts caused in the electronic reproduction of sound or music.

noun. An effect used in music, most commonly on guitars in rock or metal.

noun. an aberration that causes magnification to change over the field of view.

noun. an optical phenomenon resulting from the failure of a lens or mirror to produce a good image

noun. a shape resulting from distortion

noun. a change for the worse

noun. the mistake of misrepresenting the facts

noun. a change (usually undesired) in the waveform of an acoustic or analog electrical signal; the difference between two measurements of a signal (as between the input and output signal)

noun. the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean

"I use the term distortion in relation to my personal observations, for I resided in the Canal Zone from 1967-1970."

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