DISTORTION
\dɪstˈɔːʃən], \dɪstˈɔːʃən], \d_ɪ_s_t_ˈɔː_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of DISTORTION
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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an optical phenomenon resulting from the failure of a lens or mirror to produce a good image
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a shape resulting from distortion
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the mistake of misrepresenting the facts
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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).
By Princeton University
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an optical phenomenon resulting from the failure of a lens or mirror to produce a good image
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a shape resulting from distortion
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the mistake of misrepresenting the facts
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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.
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A wresting from the true meaning.
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The state of being distorted, or twisted out of shape or out of true position; crookedness; perversion.
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An unnatural deviation of shape or position of any part of the body producing visible deformity.
By Oddity Software
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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.
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A wresting from the true meaning.
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The state of being distorted, or twisted out of shape or out of true position; crookedness; perversion.
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An unnatural deviation of shape or position of any part of the body producing visible deformity.
By Noah Webster.
By Daniel Lyons
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Act of distorting; a writhing; crookedness; perversion.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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(F.) Distorsion. Usually applied to the preternatural curvature of a bone; as distortion of the spine, limbs, &c. It signifies, also, a morbid state of the muscles of the eye, constituting squinting or strabismus.
By Robley Dunglison
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In psychoanalysis the process by which the true psychic complex is concealed under a disguise, as in the dream picture.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
