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distortion
noun
the mistake of misrepresenting the facts
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Word Facts
- Word length
- 10
- Starts with
- D
- Ends with
- N
- Contains
- ISTORTIO
- Scrabble score
- 11
- Database source
- OEWN 2025 Core
How it sounds
Pronunciation
dɪsˈtɔːʃən
Meaning
Definitions
noun
the mistake of misrepresenting the facts
noun
the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean
noun
a change for the worse
noun
an optical phenomenon resulting from the failure of a lens or mirror to produce a good image
noun
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”
noun
a shape resulting from distortion
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Example Sentences
heavy metal guitar players use vacuum tube amplifiers to produce extreme distortion
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