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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Distortion \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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. A wresting from the true meaning. --Bp. Wren.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. The state of being distorted, or twisted out of shape or
        out of true position; crookedness; perversion.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. (Med.) An unnatural deviation of shape or position of any
        part of the body producing visible deformity.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Distortion \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.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  distortion
       n 1: a change for the worse [syn: deformation]
       2: a shape resulting from distortion [syn: distorted shape]
       3: an optical phenomenon resulting from the failure of a lens
          or mirror to produce a good image [syn: aberration, optical
          aberration]
       4: 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"
       5: the act of distorting something so it seems to mean
          something it was not intended to mean [syn: overrefinement,
           straining, torture, twisting]
       6: the mistake of misrepresenting the facts

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  distortion
     Αγγλικά n.
     1 η ενέργεια και το αποτέλεσμα του distort, η διαστρέβλωση
     2 η παραποίηση της αλήθειας
     3 θόρυβος που προκαλείται κατά την ηλεκτρονική αναπαραγωγή της
  μουσικής
     4 ένα εφέ στην ηλεκτρική κιθάρα

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  distortion
     n.
     1 An act of distorting.
     2 A result of distorting.
     3 A misrepresentation of the truth.
     4 noise or other artifacts caused in the electronic reproduction of
  sound or music.
     5 An effect used in music, most commonly on guitars in rock or metal.
     6 (lb en optics) an aberration that causes magnification to change
  over the field of view.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  distortion
     n.
     1 An act of distorting.
     2 A result of distorting.
     3 A misrepresentation of the truth.
     4 noise or other artifacts caused in the electronic reproduction of
  sound or music.
     5 An effect used in music, most commonly on guitars in rock or metal.
     6 (lb en optics) an aberration that causes magnification to change
  over the field of view.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  distortion
     n.
     1 An act of distorting.
     2 A result of distorting.
     3 A misrepresentation of the truth.
     4 noise or other artifacts caused in the electronic reproduction of
  sound or music.
     5 An effect used in music, most commonly on guitars in rock or metal.
     6 (lb en optics) an aberration that causes magnification to change
  over the field of view.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  distortion
     n.
     1 An act of distorting.
     2 A result of distorting.
     3 A misrepresentation of the truth.
     4 noise or other artifacts caused in the electronic reproduction of
  sound or music.
     5 An effect used in music, most commonly on guitars in rock or metal.
     6 (lb en optics) an aberration that causes magnification to change
  over the field of view.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  distortion
     Englanti n.
     1 vääristäminen, vääristely (''teko'')
     2 vääristyminen (''tapahtuma'')
     3 vääristymä (''kuvassa, äänessä'')
     4 vääristely (''totuuden'')
     5 (yhteys musiikki k=en) särö (''kitaraefekti'')

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  distortion
     Engelska n.
     förvrängning

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Distortion /dɪstˈɔːʃən/
  التشويه

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  distortion //dɪsˈtɔːʃən// 
  1. изкривяване, измятане
  act of distorting
  2. изопачаване
  misrepresentation of the truth
  3. изкривяване
  noise
  4. деформация, изкривяване
  result of distorting

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  distortion /dɪstˈɔːʃən/
  narušení

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  distortion /dɪstˈɔːʃən/ 
  zkreslení

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  distortion /dɪstˈɔːʃən/ 
  překroucení