detortiondetorsionn.

/dɪˈtɔːʃən/

Etymology: noun of action < Latin dētorquēre, participial stem dētort- and dētors- : see detort v. Compare Old French detorsion.

†1. The action of ‘detorting’; twisting, wresting, perversion of meaning. Now rare or Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > misinterpretation > distortion or perversion of meaning > [noun]

wrestingc1444

pervertinga1450

corruptiona1513

straining1528

writhing?1532

hacking1539

violence1546

racking1556

wrying1562

wringing1565

detorting1579

wrest1581

detortion1598

wrench1603

torture1605

distorting1610

violencing1612

refraction1614

misacception1629

distortion1650

distorture1709

misacceptation1721

torturing1753

verbicide1826

stretch1849

twisting1890

queeringness1955

1598 Order Prayer in W. K. Clay Liturg. Services Q. Eliz. (1847) 681 By a blasphemous application or rather detortion of that excellent Scripture Unum necessarium, One thing is necessary.

1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 69 A depraving adulteration, a sacrilegious detorsion.

1727 M. Earbery tr. T. Burnet Of State of Dead I. v. 135 A rash and bold Detorsion of the sacred Scriptures.

2. In physical sense: Distortion. Now rare or Obsolete.

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the world > space > shape > misshapenness > [noun] > action or fact of putting or being out of shape > distortion

beshrewinga1425

distortion1581

wryness1591

contortion1611

distorture1613

distortedness1684

wringing1706

twisting1725

cross-winding1815

twistification1835

detortion1853

twinge1860

1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. App. 512 (table) Refracted detortion very great.

3. Biology. (Spelt detorsion.) Evolutionary reversion to a primitive linear anatomical organization in a species of organisms, esp. gastropod molluscs, whose intermediate ancestors underwent torsion through 180°.

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1902 Encycl. Brit. XXX. 796/2 Not an absence of torsion, but an actual detorsion of the visceral commissure.

1930 G. R. de Beer Embryol. & Evol. vii. 54 That intermediate stages are not a priori impossible is proved by the fact that intermediate stages in detorsion in later Gastropods are not wanting.

1968 R. D. Purchon Biol. Mollusca i. 25 The penis is situated on the right side of the head..and has evidently been ‘left behind’ when the mantle cavity retreated posteriorly during the process of detorsion.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online December 2019).

单词	detortion
释义	detortiondetorsionn. /dɪˈtɔːʃən/ Etymology: noun of action < Latin dētorquēre, participial stem dētort- and dētors- : see detort v. Compare Old French detorsion. †1. The action of ‘detorting’; twisting, wresting, perversion of meaning. Now rare or Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > misinterpretation > distortion or perversion of meaning > [noun] wrestingc1444 pervertinga1450 corruptiona1513 straining1528 writhing?1532 hacking1539 violence1546 racking1556 wrying1562 wringing1565 detorting1579 wrest1581 detortion1598 wrench1603 torture1605 distorting1610 violencing1612 refraction1614 misacception1629 distortion1650 distorture1709 misacceptation1721 torturing1753 verbicide1826 stretch1849 twisting1890 queeringness1955 1598 Order Prayer in W. K. Clay Liturg. Services Q. Eliz. (1847) 681 By a blasphemous application or rather detortion of that excellent Scripture Unum necessarium, One thing is necessary. 1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 69 A depraving adulteration, a sacrilegious detorsion. 1727 M. Earbery tr. T. Burnet Of State of Dead I. v. 135 A rash and bold Detorsion of the sacred Scriptures. 2. In physical sense: Distortion. Now rare or Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > misshapenness > [noun] > action or fact of putting or being out of shape > distortion beshrewinga1425 distortion1581 wryness1591 contortion1611 distorture1613 distortedness1684 wringing1706 twisting1725 cross-winding1815 twistification1835 detortion1853 twinge1860 1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. App. 512 (table) Refracted detortion very great. 3. Biology. (Spelt detorsion.) Evolutionary reversion to a primitive linear anatomical organization in a species of organisms, esp. gastropod molluscs, whose intermediate ancestors underwent torsion through 180°. ΚΠ 1902 Encycl. Brit. XXX. 796/2 Not an absence of torsion, but an actual detorsion of the visceral commissure. 1930 G. R. de Beer Embryol. & Evol. vii. 54 That intermediate stages are not a priori impossible is proved by the fact that intermediate stages in detorsion in later Gastropods are not wanting. 1968 R. D. Purchon Biol. Mollusca i. 25 The penis is situated on the right side of the head..and has evidently been ‘left behind’ when the mantle cavity retreated posteriorly during the process of detorsion. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < n.1598
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