distortion
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin distortio, distortionis, from distortus.
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distortion (countable and uncountable, plural distortions)
- An act of distorting.
- A result of distorting.
- A misrepresentation of the truth.
- The story he told was a bit of a distortion.
- Noise or other artifacts caused in the electronic reproduction of sound or music.
- This recording sounds awful due to the distortion.
- An effect used in music, most commonly on guitars in rock or metal.
- (optics) An aberration that causes magnification to change over the field of view.
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act of distorting
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result of distorting
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misrepresentation of the truth
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noise
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effect used in music
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