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单词 distortion
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Definition of distortion in English:

distortion

noun dɪˈstɔːʃ(ə)ndəˈstɔrʃ(ə)n
mass noun
  • 1The action of distorting or the state of being distorted.

    the virus causes distortion of the leaves
    count noun deliberate distortions of pitch and timbre
    Example sentencesExamples
    • A fast pixel response helps eliminate ‘ghosting’ and distortion often seen on LCD monitors with slower response times.
    • The head-end BDA is a high gain amplifier with very low distortion characteristics.
    • This gives rise to inter-modulation distortion and clipping noises.
    • There is no curvature, thus distortion is eliminated.
    • This can cause audible distortion in the sound.
    • Thickness is not an entirely free parameter, though; overly thin components suffer from poor flatness or transmitted wavefront distortion.
    • Recently, researchers have proposed a set of approaches that use different techniques to correct perspective distortion.
    • This helps avoid damage, data loss or distortion.
    • This added physical distortion of the lens, however, adds aberration.
    • Acceptable levels of distortion are dependent upon the solver being used.
    • Though the picture may show distortion, the video quality is generally good; the sound is even better.
    • Other impairments include single frequency intermodulation distortion, impulse noise, co-channel interference and ghosting.
    • Circuit bandwidth reduction, attenuation distortion, non-linear distortion and noise also can lower the values.
    • Birch intentionally warps perspective and depth in a way that brings to mind jazz music and its deliberate distortion of pitch and timbre.
    • The optical quality of the medium makes this fidelity possible by minimizing distortion.
    • The standoff can provide a vent to prevent pressure in the gap from causing distortion or damage.
    • Another important consideration is minimizing distortion.
    • The real challenge, then, is to be able to correct for distortion between the template and wafer.
    • But some tweeter domes made of traditional materials such as aluminium are susceptible to distortion at high frequencies.
    • Drop distortion should not occur in the Space Station's low gravity environment, and the drops can be held on strings.
    Synonyms
    warp, twist, contortion, bend, buckle, deformation, deformity, curve, curvature, malformation, disfigurement, crookedness
    gnarl, knot
    1. 1.1count noun A distorted form or part.
      a distortion in the eye's shape or structure
      Example sentencesExamples
      • It creates needless distortions in the market.
      • Henderson was a master of playful and sinister distortions, cleverly achieved in the darkroom.
      • From the mid-1880s he began to use violent colour and linear distortions to express the most elemental emotions of fear, love, and hatred.
      • Equally, Shakespeare's distortions of history, to which Miles occasionally refers, are, in and of themselves, important.
      • And, despite your distortions of the truth, once again, Boingboing has never claimed they are a source for hard news on their blog.
      • This has, I have noted, involved some rather ludicrous distortions of evidence as well as grand extrapolations from limited bases of data.
      • Dr Thomas said her frailty and distortion in her back contributed to pneumonia, causing her death.
      • The Cambridge researchers found that 70% of melanoma cases were due to distortions in the B-RAF gene.
      • Such distortions turn dangerous zealots into icons.
  • 2The action of giving a misleading account or impression.

    we're fed up with the media's continuing distortion of our issues
    Example sentencesExamples
    • But the media echo chamber guarantees further distortion.
    • Under the microscope it turns out to be a collection of prejudices masquerading as arguments and distortions dressed up to look like facts.
    • In Australia, cinema-goers get to watch a McDonald's ad arguing that the film they are about to see is full of misleading distortions.
    • Their policies have to deal with the real world of interest groups, elections and media distortion.
    • These policies are then justified by unprecedented distortions and misrepresentations.
    • In writing about the history of American foreign policy, one must try to avoid perpetuating distortions and perversions of language.
    • How can anyone accept blatant half-truths, lies and distortion of history?
    • If we cannot establish first that there are distortions and perversions, then this fundamental project is a non-starter.
    • I don't need to lead you through the thickets of distortion, deceit, and self-puffery here.
    • Relevance was clearly a larger issue than political distortion.
    • The demographic distortions of gender bias are thought to have been greater in China because of the country's one-child policy.
    • Do you gentlemen find that an amazing kind of distortion and deceptive piece of reasoning?
    • These involve both factual distortions and misrepresentations of the Geneva Convention on POWs.
    • And it will sweep away, once and for all, the web of distortion and deceit that poisons this debate.
    • I have to give a speech next week on media deceit and distortion, and when I saw this very same paper I thought, great!
    • There are also biases and distortions in the written word.
    • Their contribution is smear, distortion, abusive emotionalism and condemnation without engagement.
    • It is an epic of distortion and evasion and contradiction and misleading rhetorical ploys.
    • Falsehood and distortion are their stock and trade.
    • It is hard to imagine carelessness, incompetence, prejudice, distortion, falsehood and unfairness being put to better use.
    Synonyms
    misrepresentation, perversion, twisting, falsification, misreporting, misstatement, manipulation
    garbling, travesty
    slant, bias, skew, colouring, prejudice, imbalance, spin
    tampering, tinkering, doctoring, alteration, change
  • 3Change in the form of an electrical signal or sound wave during processing.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • This can cause audible distortion in the sound.
    • Thickness is not an entirely free parameter, though; overly thin components suffer from poor flatness or transmitted wavefront distortion.
    • These distortion products become increasingly important as the two frequencies approach one another.
    • In this paper Heaviside gave, for the first time, the conditions necessary to transmit a signal without distortion.
    • Personalised binaural audio is different from stereo, however, because it includes the subtle distortions to the sound caused by the effect of the head and ear shapes of the listener.
    • These results show that the mechanical properties of hair bundles at high sound levels do not generate significant harmonic distortion.
    • Even in clear skies, however, atmospheric distortion is a challenge.
    • He discovered that a sound stimulus entering the inner ear causes a wave-like distortion to propagate along the basilar membrane.
    • A deep trench which creates a moat around each transistor to isolate it from its neighbours lowers distortion.
    • The head-end BDA is a high gain amplifier with very low distortion characteristics.
    • For example, distortion of sound is related to the length of the sound.
    • The technique means that less power is needed for higher bandwidths and helps out distortion.
    • Seagate's ST1 Series differs from other hard drives because it is designed to compensate for the vibrations and harmonic distortion caused by such high-motion activities.

Derivatives

  • distortional

  • adjectivedɪˈstɔːʃ(ə)n(ə)ldəˈstɔrʃ(ə)n(ə)l
    • At the three modelled upper tip depths, the magnitude of predicted distortional strain energy density remains greater than the critical value.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • These locations correspond to the damage zones where our numerical models predict elevated distortional strain energy densities.
      • Love investigated the possibility of the propagation of a purely distortional surface wave..
      • Du & Aydin used distortional strain energy density to create the first models of deformation band propagation in mode II.
      • Deformation band propagation, where shear occurs along the band, is predicted by distortional strain energy density.
  • distortionless

  • adjective
    • In a distortionless transmission the amplitude response is constant and the phase response is linear.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The conditions for a distortionless transmission are examined, giving attention to various factors which can lead to distortions of the signal.

Rhymes

abortion, apportion, caution, contortion, extortion, portion, proportion, retortion, torsion
 
 

Definition of distortion in US English:

distortion

noundəˈstôrSH(ə)ndəˈstɔrʃ(ə)n
  • 1The action of distorting or the state of being distorted.

    the virus causes distortion of the leaves
    deliberate distortions of pitch and timbre
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Thickness is not an entirely free parameter, though; overly thin components suffer from poor flatness or transmitted wavefront distortion.
    • The real challenge, then, is to be able to correct for distortion between the template and wafer.
    • Recently, researchers have proposed a set of approaches that use different techniques to correct perspective distortion.
    • But some tweeter domes made of traditional materials such as aluminium are susceptible to distortion at high frequencies.
    • Birch intentionally warps perspective and depth in a way that brings to mind jazz music and its deliberate distortion of pitch and timbre.
    • Though the picture may show distortion, the video quality is generally good; the sound is even better.
    • Other impairments include single frequency intermodulation distortion, impulse noise, co-channel interference and ghosting.
    • The head-end BDA is a high gain amplifier with very low distortion characteristics.
    • A fast pixel response helps eliminate ‘ghosting’ and distortion often seen on LCD monitors with slower response times.
    • This added physical distortion of the lens, however, adds aberration.
    • This gives rise to inter-modulation distortion and clipping noises.
    • Acceptable levels of distortion are dependent upon the solver being used.
    • There is no curvature, thus distortion is eliminated.
    • This helps avoid damage, data loss or distortion.
    • Circuit bandwidth reduction, attenuation distortion, non-linear distortion and noise also can lower the values.
    • The standoff can provide a vent to prevent pressure in the gap from causing distortion or damage.
    • Another important consideration is minimizing distortion.
    • This can cause audible distortion in the sound.
    • Drop distortion should not occur in the Space Station's low gravity environment, and the drops can be held on strings.
    • The optical quality of the medium makes this fidelity possible by minimizing distortion.
    Synonyms
    warp, twist, contortion, bend, buckle, deformation, deformity, curve, curvature, malformation, disfigurement, crookedness
    1. 1.1 A distorted form or part.
      a distortion in the eye's shape or structure
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Henderson was a master of playful and sinister distortions, cleverly achieved in the darkroom.
      • Such distortions turn dangerous zealots into icons.
      • The Cambridge researchers found that 70% of melanoma cases were due to distortions in the B-RAF gene.
      • From the mid-1880s he began to use violent colour and linear distortions to express the most elemental emotions of fear, love, and hatred.
      • This has, I have noted, involved some rather ludicrous distortions of evidence as well as grand extrapolations from limited bases of data.
      • It creates needless distortions in the market.
      • And, despite your distortions of the truth, once again, Boingboing has never claimed they are a source for hard news on their blog.
      • Dr Thomas said her frailty and distortion in her back contributed to pneumonia, causing her death.
      • Equally, Shakespeare's distortions of history, to which Miles occasionally refers, are, in and of themselves, important.
  • 2The action of giving a misleading account or impression.

    we're tired of the media's continuing distortion of our issues
    Example sentencesExamples
    • It is hard to imagine carelessness, incompetence, prejudice, distortion, falsehood and unfairness being put to better use.
    • These involve both factual distortions and misrepresentations of the Geneva Convention on POWs.
    • Their contribution is smear, distortion, abusive emotionalism and condemnation without engagement.
    • In writing about the history of American foreign policy, one must try to avoid perpetuating distortions and perversions of language.
    • How can anyone accept blatant half-truths, lies and distortion of history?
    • Falsehood and distortion are their stock and trade.
    • I have to give a speech next week on media deceit and distortion, and when I saw this very same paper I thought, great!
    • Their policies have to deal with the real world of interest groups, elections and media distortion.
    • But the media echo chamber guarantees further distortion.
    • In Australia, cinema-goers get to watch a McDonald's ad arguing that the film they are about to see is full of misleading distortions.
    • It is an epic of distortion and evasion and contradiction and misleading rhetorical ploys.
    • If we cannot establish first that there are distortions and perversions, then this fundamental project is a non-starter.
    • And it will sweep away, once and for all, the web of distortion and deceit that poisons this debate.
    • There are also biases and distortions in the written word.
    • These policies are then justified by unprecedented distortions and misrepresentations.
    • The demographic distortions of gender bias are thought to have been greater in China because of the country's one-child policy.
    • Do you gentlemen find that an amazing kind of distortion and deceptive piece of reasoning?
    • Relevance was clearly a larger issue than political distortion.
    • I don't need to lead you through the thickets of distortion, deceit, and self-puffery here.
    • Under the microscope it turns out to be a collection of prejudices masquerading as arguments and distortions dressed up to look like facts.
    Synonyms
    misrepresentation, perversion, twisting, falsification, misreporting, misstatement, manipulation
  • 3Change in the form of an electrical signal or sound wave during processing.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • This can cause audible distortion in the sound.
    • A deep trench which creates a moat around each transistor to isolate it from its neighbours lowers distortion.
    • These distortion products become increasingly important as the two frequencies approach one another.
    • He discovered that a sound stimulus entering the inner ear causes a wave-like distortion to propagate along the basilar membrane.
    • For example, distortion of sound is related to the length of the sound.
    • Even in clear skies, however, atmospheric distortion is a challenge.
    • These results show that the mechanical properties of hair bundles at high sound levels do not generate significant harmonic distortion.
    • Seagate's ST1 Series differs from other hard drives because it is designed to compensate for the vibrations and harmonic distortion caused by such high-motion activities.
    • The head-end BDA is a high gain amplifier with very low distortion characteristics.
    • Thickness is not an entirely free parameter, though; overly thin components suffer from poor flatness or transmitted wavefront distortion.
    • In this paper Heaviside gave, for the first time, the conditions necessary to transmit a signal without distortion.
    • The technique means that less power is needed for higher bandwidths and helps out distortion.
    • Personalised binaural audio is different from stereo, however, because it includes the subtle distortions to the sound caused by the effect of the head and ear shapes of the listener.
 
 
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