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"
distortion -
the mistake of misrepresenting the facts
mistake,
error,
fault 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 -
Optics an aberration that causes magnification to change over the field of view.
Wikipedia
A distortion is the alteration of the original shape (or other characteristic) of an object, image, sound, waveform or other form of information or representation. Distortion is usually unwanted, and often many methods are employed to minimize it in practice. In some fields, however, distortion is actually desirable; such is the case with electric guitar (where distortion is often induced purposely with the amplifier or an electronic effect to achieve an aggressive sound where desired), or censoring words.
OmegaWiki Dictionary
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distortion The negative alteration or falsification of something.
distortion Anything that is distorted, as a sound, image, fact, etc.
distortion A phenomenon in optics where straight lines in a scene do not appear as straight lines when seen through a lens.
