distortion

dis·tor·tion

D0294700 (dĭ-stôr′shən)n.1. a. The act or an instance of distorting.b. The condition of being distorted.2. A statement that twists fact; a misrepresentation.3. a. The alteration of the original form of a signal representing an image, a sound, a waveform, or other information.b. A visible or audible effect of such an alteration, such as the warping of an image or noise in an audio recording.4. Psychology The modification of unconscious impulses into forms acceptable by conscious or dreaming perception.

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dis·tor′tion·al, dis·tor′tion·ar′y, dis·tor′tive adj.

distortion

(dɪˈstɔːʃən) n1. the act or an instance of distorting or the state of being distorted2. something that is distorted3. (General Physics) an aberration of a lens or optical system in which the magnification varies with the lateral distance from the axis4. (Electronics) electronics a. an undesired change in the shape of an electromagnetic wave or signalb. the result of such a change in waveform, esp a loss of clarity in radio reception or sound reproduction5. (Psychology) psychol a change in perception so that it does not correspond to reality6. (Psychoanalysis) psychoanal the disguising of the meaning of unconscious thoughts so that they may appear in consciousness, e.g. in dreams disˈtortional adj

dis•tor•tion

(dɪˈstɔr ʃən)

n. 1. an act or instance of distorting. 2. the state of being distorted. 3. anything distorted, as an image or electronic signal. 4. an aberration of a lens or system of lenses in which the magnification of the object varies with the lateral distance from the axis of the lens. [1575–85; < Latin] dis•tor′tion•al, adj.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	distortion - a change for the worse deformationdamage, impairment, harm - the occurrence of a change for the worsewarping, warp - a moral or mental distortion
	2.	distortion - a shape resulting from distortiondistorted shapeshape, form - the spatial arrangement of something as distinct from its substance; "geometry is the mathematical science of shape"crookedness, torsion, tortuosity, tortuousness, contortion - a tortuous and twisted shape or position; "they built a tree house in the tortuosities of its boughs"; "the acrobat performed incredible contortions"buckle, warp - a shape distorted by twisting or foldinggnarl, knot - something twisted and tight and swollen; "their muscles stood out in knots"; "the old man's fists were two great gnarls"; "his stomach was in knots"
	3.	distortion - an optical phenomenon resulting from the failure of a lens or mirror to produce a good imageoptical aberration, aberrationchromatic aberration - an optical aberration in which the image has colored fringesoptical phenomenon - a physical phenomenon related to or involving lightspherical aberration - an optical aberration resulting in a distorted image
	4.	distortion - 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); "heavy metal guitar players use vacuum tube amplifiers to produce extreme distortion"acoustic phenomenon - a physical phenomenon associated with the production or transmission of soundelectrical phenomenon - a physical phenomenon involving electricityamplitude distortion, nonlinear distortion - distortion that occurs when the output signal does not have a linear relation to the input signal
	5.	distortion - the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to meanoverrefinement, twisting, straining, torturefalsification, misrepresentation - a willful perversion of facts
	6.	distortion - the mistake of misrepresenting the factserror, fault, mistake - a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention; "he made a bad mistake"; "she was quick to point out my errors"; "I could understand his English in spite of his grammatical faults"

distortion

noun1. misrepresentation, bias, slant, perversion, falsification, colouring He accused reporters of wilful distortion.2. deformity, bend, twist, warp, buckle, contortion, malformation, crookedness, twistedness the gargoyle-like distortion of her face

Translations

失真歪曲

distort

(diˈstoːt) verb1. to make or become twisted out of shape. Her face was distorted with pain; Metal distorts under stress. 扭曲，歪曲 扭曲，歪曲 2. to make (sound) indistinct and unnatural. Her voice sounded distorted on the telephone. 扭曲(聲音、事實)，曲解(某人的話) 曲解，失真 diˈstortion (-ʃən) noun 扭曲，歪曲 歪曲，失真