单词 | distortion |
释义 | distortion —distortional, distortionary, adj. /di stawr"sheuhn/, n. 1. an act or instance of distorting. 2. the state of being distorted or the relative degree or amount by which something is distorted or distorts. 3. anything that is distorted, as a sound, image, fact, etc. 4. Optics. 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. Cf. barrel distortion, pincushion distortion. [1575-85; < L distortion- (s. of distortio). See DISTORT, -ION] |
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