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Distortion

Distortion Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Distortion? [n] the mistake of misrepresenting the facts [n] the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean [n] a change for the worse [n] an optical phenomenon resulting from the failure of a lens or mirror to produce a good image [n] a shape resulting from distortion Synonyms \| Synonyms for Distortion: aberration \| deformation \| distorted shape \| optical aberration \| overrefinement \| straining \| torture \| twisting Related Terms \| Find terms related to Distortion: aberrancy \| aberration \| abstractionism \| abuse of terms \| anamorphosis \| apparent soundness \| bad likeness \| birdies \| birthmark \| blackhead \| bleb \| blemish \| blister \| blooping \| blurping \| botch \| bulla \| burlesque \| caricature \| casuistry \| catachresis \| check \| cicatrix \| circularity \| coloring \| comedo \| confabulation \| contorting \| crack \| crater \| craze \| daub \| defacement \| defect \| defectiveness \| deflection \| deflexure \| deformation \| deformity \| delusion \| deviancy \| diffraction \| diffusion \| disfiguration \| disfigurement \| disingenuousness \| dispersion \| eisegesis \| equivocalness \| equivocation \| errancy \| erroneousness \| error \| evasive reasoning \| exaggeration \| expressionism \| fallaciousness \| fallacy \| false coloring \| false swearing \| falseness \| falsification \| falsifying \| falsity \| fault \| faultiness \| feedback \| flaw \| flawedness \| flection \| flexure \| flutter \| fluttering \| freckle \| garbling \| gloss \| hamartia \| hemangioma \| heresy \| heterodoxy \| hickey \| hissing \| howling \| hum \| hyperbole \| illusion \| inaccuracy \| injustice \| insincerity \| jesuitism \| jesuitry \| keloid \| kink \| lentigo \| litotes \| malconformation \| malentendu \| malformation \| malobservation \| milium \| misapplication \| misapprehension \| miscitation \| miscoloring \| misconception \| misconstruction \| misdoing \| misdrawing \| misexplanation \| misexplication \| misexposition \| misfeasance \| misintelligence \| misinterpretation \| misjudgment \| mispainting \| misquotation \| misreading \| misrendering \| misreport \| misrepresentation \| misshape \| misstatement \| misteaching \| mistranslation \| misunderstanding \| misuse of words \| mole \| motorboating \| mystification \| needle scar \| nevus \| nonrealism \| obfuscation \| obscurantism \| overdrawing \| overstatement \| oversubtlety \| parody \| peccancy \| perjury \| perversion \| philosophism \| pimple \| pit \| plausibility \| plausibleness \| pock \| pockmark \| port-wine mark \| port-wine stain \| prevarication \| pustule \| rationalization \| refraction \| rift \| rumble \| scab \| scar \| scatter \| scratch \| scratching \| scribble \| sebaceous cyst \| self-contradiction \| shredding \| sin \| sinfulness \| skewness \| slanting \| sophism \| sophistical reasoning \| sophistication \| sophistry \| special pleading \| speciosity \| specious reasoning \| speciousness \| split \| squeals \| squeezing \| static \| straining \| strawberry mark \| sty \| subtlety \| torsion \| torturing \| track \| travesty \| twist \| twisting \| understatement \| unorthodoxy \| untrueness \| untruth \| untruthfulness \| verruca \| vesicle \| vicious circle \| vicious reasoning \| wale \| warp \| wart \| weal \| welt \| wen \| whistles \| whitehead \| woomping \| wow \| wowwows \| wrenching \| wrong \| wrongness See Also \| buckle \| chromatic aberration \| contortion \| crookedness \| damage \| error \| falsification \| fault \| form \| gnarl \| harm \| impairment \| knot \| misrepresentaation \| mistake \| optical phenomenon \| shape \| spherical aberration \| torsion \| tortuosity \| tortuousness \| warp \| warp \| warping Distortion In Webster's Dictionary \Dis*tor"tion\, n. [L. distortio: cf. F. distortion.] 1. The act of distorting, or twisting out of natural or regular shape; a twisting or writhing motion; as, the distortions of the face or body. 2. A wresting from the true meaning. --Bp. Wren. 3. The state of being distorted, or twisted out of shape or out of true position; crookedness; perversion. 4. (Med.) An unnatural deviation of shape or position of any part of the body producing visible deformity.

Distortion Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Distortion?

[n] the mistake of misrepresenting the facts
[n] the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean
[n] a change for the worse
[n] an optical phenomenon resulting from the failure of a lens or mirror to produce a good image
[n] a shape resulting from distortion

Distortion In Webster's Dictionary

\Dis*tor"tion\, n. [L. distortio: cf. F. distortion.]
1. The act of distorting, or twisting out of natural or
   regular shape; a twisting or writhing motion; as, the
   distortions of the face or body.

2. A wresting from the true meaning. --Bp. Wren.

3. The state of being distorted, or twisted out of shape or
   out of true position; crookedness; perversion.

4. (Med.) An unnatural deviation of shape or position of any
   part of the body producing visible deformity.

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