distortion Meaning and Definition
1. n. the mistake of misrepresenting the facts
2. n. the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean
3. n. a change for the worse
4. n. an optical phenomenon resulting from the failure of a lens or mirror to produce a good image
5. n. 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)
6. n. a shape resulting from distortion
Distortion is the alteration of the original shape (or other characteristic) of something, such as an object, image, sound or waveform.
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