Distortion meaning

noun

1. a change for the worse

   Synonymsdeformation

2. a shape resulting from distortion

   Synonymsdistorted shape

3. an optical phenomenon resulting from the failure of a lens or mirror to produce a good image

   Synonymsaberrationoptical 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

   Synonymsoverrefinementstrainingtorturetwisting

6. the mistake of misrepresenting the facts