distortionn.

/dɪˈstɔːʃən/

Etymology: < Latin distortiōn-em, noun of action < distorquēre to distort v. Compare French distorsion (Paré, 16th cent.).

a. The action of distorting, or condition of being distorted, or twisted awry or out of shape; spec. a condition of the body or any limb, in which it is twisted out of the natural shape.

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

1581 R. Mulcaster Positions xxi. 90 The distorsion or writhing of the mouth.

1622 G. Wither Faire-virtue sig. D5 Her dainty mouth [is] composed, So, as there is no distortion, Misbeseemes that sweete proportion.

1764 T. Reid Inq. Human Mind vi. §10. 152 They had never observed distortions of this kind in the eyes of children.

1804 J. Abernethy Surg. Observ. 202 I could not..perceive any distortion of the face to the opposite side.

1834 T. Medwin Angler in Wales II. 211 That..distortion generally known by the appellation of club-foot.

1887 G. H. Darwin in Fortn. Rev. Feb. 266 Earthquake waves consist..of waves or vibrations of compression, and of distortion.

b. Mathematics and Optics. Any change of shape not involving breach of continuity, as the distortion of a circle into an oval, or that of a rectangle into a rhombus or rhomboid by alteration of the angles, lengthening or curving of certain lines, etc.

ΚΠ

1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator (new ed.) IV. 333/1 Refractive aberration, or in other words ‘distortion’, is common to many lenses, producing images wherein straight lines are represented as bulged inwards or outwards.

1885 Osborne Reynolds in Proc. Brit. Assoc. 898 The susceptibility of such a medium for a state in which the two sets of grains are in conditions of opposite distortions.

c. concrete. A distorted form or image.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > misshapenness > [noun] > instance of

mislikenessa1500

contortion1664

distortiona1822

a1822 P. B. Shelley Witch of Atlas lxii, in Posthumous Poems (1824) 49 But other troubled forms of sleep she saw..Distortions foul of supernatural awe.

1851 J. P. Nichol Archit. Heavens (ed. 9) 59 Instead of an image of the object, will yield only a distortion.

1867 A. Barry Life & Wks. Sir C. Barry vii. 244 Some remains of the objectionable distortion at the entrance from S. Stephen's Hall.

2. A temporary twist awry, a twisting or writhing movement; a contortion.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in specific manner > writhing or twisting movement > [noun]

throwingOE

wringinga1375

twining1398

wrenching1398

wresting1398

writhing?a1400

wrying1566

wreathing1571

convolution1597

twinding1602

contortion1611

distorquement1628

distortion1718

twisting1725

quirling1754

circumgyration1843

the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > face with expression or expression > [noun] > grimace or distortion

mowc1330

mopa1475

mocks and mows1508

murgeons?a1513

face1533

smile1550

smilet1591

mump1592

ruffle1602

frown1608

stitcha1625

grimace1651

grimask1671

simagre1680

moppet1693

distortion1718

throw1790

rictus1827

mug1844

monkey-face1939

1718 M. Prior Power 65 By his distortions he reveals his pains.

1752 S. Johnson Rambler No. 188. ⁋4 What the Latins call, the Sardinian Laughter, a distortion of the face without gladness of heart.

a. figurative. The twisting or perversion of words so as to give to them a different sense; perversion of opinions, facts, history, so as to misapply them.

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

1650 Exercitation conc. Usurped Powers 51 Having vindicated this passage..from this authors distortion.

1745 J. Wesley Answer to Rev. Church 37 What a frightful Distortion of my Words is this?

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 317 To bring together..by fraudulent distortions of law, an assembly which might call itself a parliament.

1874 L. Stephen Hours in Libr. 1st Ser. 362 He will be amused at the distortion of history.

b. Psychology. The alteration of repressed or unconscious elements before they appear in the conscious mind.

ΚΠ

1910 Amer. Jrnl. Psychol. 21 304 The distortion in the dream-making is thus a means of evading the censor.

1925 A. Strachey & J. Strachey tr. S. Freud Coll. Papers III. 361 Obsessional thoughts have undergone a distortion similar to that undergone by dream thoughts before they become the manifest content of a dream.

1957 R. L. Munroe Schools of Psychoanalyt. Thought iii. xi. 482 The child whose personal experience was especially unfortunate..is especially prone to..distortion.

4. A change in the wave-form of a signal by an electronic device such as an amplifier or during transmission from one point to another, usually impairing the quality of its reproduction.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electronics > electronic phenomena > signal > [noun] > unwanted part of signal > distortion

distortion1887

1887 O. Heaviside in Electrician 3 June 80/1 The attenuation..increases so fast with the frequency, thus leading to a most prodigious distortion in the shape of irregular waves... Now the distortion and the attenuation, though different things, are intimately connected.

1887 O. Heaviside in Electrician 24 June 143/2 ‘Distortion’..I chose myself as preferable to ‘mutilation’ and similar words. Its meaning is obvious. Make current-variations in a certain way at one place. If the current-variations at another place are similar, no matter how much attenuated they may be, there is no distortion.

1914 A. B. Rolfe-Martin Wireless Telegr. 117 It is found that, owing chiefly to dielectric losses in the condenser, the distortion has a still greater weakening effect on radiating power.

1928 Morning Post 16 Feb. 13/4 Too much grid bias causes distortion by reducing the high tension current.

1962 J. H. Simpson & R. S. Richards Physical Princ. Junction Transistors xii. 276 Class B amplifiers must be used in push-pull arrangements if distortion-free amplification is to be obtained.

Derivatives

diˈstortional adj. of or pertaining to distortion.

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the world > space > shape > misshapenness > [adjective] > of or relating to distortion

distortional1885

1885 Osborne Reynolds in Proc. Brit. Assoc. 898 The transmission of distortional waves becomes possible if the medium be composed of small grains with large grains interspersed.

diˈstortionist n. one who practises or professes distortion: (a) a caricaturist; (b) one who professionally distorts his body.

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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > [noun] > artist > caricaturist

caricaturer1758

caricaturist1798

distortionist1864

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > acrobatic performance > [noun] > acrobat > contortionist

posture-master1691

posture-maker1711

posture man1711

posture girl?1757

contortionist1859

distortionist1864

kinker1926

1864 Sat. Rev. 5 Nov. 563 Bunbury..was a mere caricaturist, or distortionist.

1886 Pall Mall Gaz. 6 Aug. 13/2 They play the rôle of distortionists..Their object is to draw money from the public by their piteous and excruciating positions.

diˈstortionless adj. not producing any distortion (sense 4); also, not affected by distortion.

ΚΠ

1892 O. Heaviside Electr. Papers II. 129 The distortionless system..brings the speed of the current into full view.

1921 Jrnl. Inst. Electr. Engineers 59 397/2 For satisfactory transmission of speech the circuit should also be practically ‘distortionless’.

1937 Proc. IRE 25 321 It is possible to obtain distortionless reception of considerably higher levels of modulation if two side-band frequencies..are transmitted.

1962 J. H. Simpson & R. S. Richards Physical Princ. Junction Transistors xiii. 298 This is readily seen by considering any such distortion voltage as being produced by a fictitious generator added within the closed loop of a distortionless amplifier.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	distortion
释义	distortionn. /dɪˈstɔːʃən/ Etymology: < Latin distortiōn-em, noun of action < distorquēre to distort v. Compare French distorsion (Paré, 16th cent.). 1. a. The action of distorting, or condition of being distorted, or twisted awry or out of shape; spec. a condition of the body or any limb, in which it is twisted out of the natural shape. 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 1581 R. Mulcaster Positions xxi. 90 The distorsion or writhing of the mouth. 1622 G. Wither Faire-virtue sig. D5 Her dainty mouth [is] composed, So, as there is no distortion, Misbeseemes that sweete proportion. 1764 T. Reid Inq. Human Mind vi. §10. 152 They had never observed distortions of this kind in the eyes of children. 1804 J. Abernethy Surg. Observ. 202 I could not..perceive any distortion of the face to the opposite side. 1834 T. Medwin Angler in Wales II. 211 That..distortion generally known by the appellation of club-foot. 1887 G. H. Darwin in Fortn. Rev. Feb. 266 Earthquake waves consist..of waves or vibrations of compression, and of distortion. b. Mathematics and Optics. Any change of shape not involving breach of continuity, as the distortion of a circle into an oval, or that of a rectangle into a rhombus or rhomboid by alteration of the angles, lengthening or curving of certain lines, etc. ΚΠ 1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator (new ed.) IV. 333/1 Refractive aberration, or in other words ‘distortion’, is common to many lenses, producing images wherein straight lines are represented as bulged inwards or outwards. 1885 Osborne Reynolds in Proc. Brit. Assoc. 898 The susceptibility of such a medium for a state in which the two sets of grains are in conditions of opposite distortions. c. concrete. A distorted form or image. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > misshapenness > [noun] > instance of mislikenessa1500 contortion1664 distortiona1822 a1822 P. B. Shelley Witch of Atlas lxii, in Posthumous Poems (1824) 49 But other troubled forms of sleep she saw..Distortions foul of supernatural awe. 1851 J. P. Nichol Archit. Heavens (ed. 9) 59 Instead of an image of the object, will yield only a distortion. 1867 A. Barry Life & Wks. Sir C. Barry vii. 244 Some remains of the objectionable distortion at the entrance from S. Stephen's Hall. 2. A temporary twist awry, a twisting or writhing movement; a contortion. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > writhing or twisting movement > [noun] throwingOE wringinga1375 twining1398 wrenching1398 wresting1398 writhing?a1400 wrying1566 wreathing1571 convolution1597 twinding1602 contortion1611 distorquement1628 distortion1718 twisting1725 quirling1754 circumgyration1843 the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > face with expression or expression > [noun] > grimace or distortion mowc1330 mopa1475 mocks and mows1508 murgeons?a1513 face1533 smile1550 smilet1591 mump1592 ruffle1602 frown1608 stitcha1625 grimace1651 grimask1671 simagre1680 moppet1693 distortion1718 throw1790 rictus1827 mug1844 monkey-face1939 1718 M. Prior Power 65 By his distortions he reveals his pains. 1752 S. Johnson Rambler No. 188. ⁋4 What the Latins call, the Sardinian Laughter, a distortion of the face without gladness of heart. 3. a. figurative. The twisting or perversion of words so as to give to them a different sense; perversion of opinions, facts, history, so as to misapply them. 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 1650 Exercitation conc. Usurped Powers 51 Having vindicated this passage..from this authors distortion. 1745 J. Wesley Answer to Rev. Church 37 What a frightful Distortion of my Words is this? 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 317 To bring together..by fraudulent distortions of law, an assembly which might call itself a parliament. 1874 L. Stephen Hours in Libr. 1st Ser. 362 He will be amused at the distortion of history. b. Psychology. The alteration of repressed or unconscious elements before they appear in the conscious mind. ΚΠ 1910 Amer. Jrnl. Psychol. 21 304 The distortion in the dream-making is thus a means of evading the censor. 1925 A. Strachey & J. Strachey tr. S. Freud Coll. Papers III. 361 Obsessional thoughts have undergone a distortion similar to that undergone by dream thoughts before they become the manifest content of a dream. 1957 R. L. Munroe Schools of Psychoanalyt. Thought iii. xi. 482 The child whose personal experience was especially unfortunate..is especially prone to..distortion. 4. A change in the wave-form of a signal by an electronic device such as an amplifier or during transmission from one point to another, usually impairing the quality of its reproduction. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electronics > electronic phenomena > signal > [noun] > unwanted part of signal > distortion distortion1887 1887 O. Heaviside in Electrician 3 June 80/1 The attenuation..increases so fast with the frequency, thus leading to a most prodigious distortion in the shape of irregular waves... Now the distortion and the attenuation, though different things, are intimately connected. 1887 O. Heaviside in Electrician 24 June 143/2 ‘Distortion’..I chose myself as preferable to ‘mutilation’ and similar words. Its meaning is obvious. Make current-variations in a certain way at one place. If the current-variations at another place are similar, no matter how much attenuated they may be, there is no distortion. 1914 A. B. Rolfe-Martin Wireless Telegr. 117 It is found that, owing chiefly to dielectric losses in the condenser, the distortion has a still greater weakening effect on radiating power. 1928 Morning Post 16 Feb. 13/4 Too much grid bias causes distortion by reducing the high tension current. 1962 J. H. Simpson & R. S. Richards Physical Princ. Junction Transistors xii. 276 Class B amplifiers must be used in push-pull arrangements if distortion-free amplification is to be obtained. Derivatives diˈstortional adj. of or pertaining to distortion. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > misshapenness > [adjective] > of or relating to distortion distortional1885 1885 Osborne Reynolds in Proc. Brit. Assoc. 898 The transmission of distortional waves becomes possible if the medium be composed of small grains with large grains interspersed. diˈstortionist n. one who practises or professes distortion: (a) a caricaturist; (b) one who professionally distorts his body. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > [noun] > artist > caricaturist caricaturer1758 caricaturist1798 distortionist1864 society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > acrobatic performance > [noun] > acrobat > contortionist posture-master1691 posture-maker1711 posture man1711 posture girl?1757 contortionist1859 distortionist1864 kinker1926 1864 Sat. Rev. 5 Nov. 563 Bunbury..was a mere caricaturist, or distortionist. 1886 Pall Mall Gaz. 6 Aug. 13/2 They play the rôle of distortionists..Their object is to draw money from the public by their piteous and excruciating positions. diˈstortionless adj. not producing any distortion (sense 4); also, not affected by distortion. ΚΠ 1892 O. Heaviside Electr. Papers II. 129 The distortionless system..brings the speed of the current into full view. 1921 Jrnl. Inst. Electr. Engineers 59 397/2 For satisfactory transmission of speech the circuit should also be practically ‘distortionless’. 1937 Proc. IRE 25 321 It is possible to obtain distortionless reception of considerably higher levels of modulation if two side-band frequencies..are transmitted. 1962 J. H. Simpson & R. S. Richards Physical Princ. Junction Transistors xiii. 298 This is readily seen by considering any such distortion voltage as being produced by a fictitious generator added within the closed loop of a distortionless amplifier. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1581
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