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distortion
/dɪsˈtɔɹʃən/ · 10 letters · 7 distinct letters
- noun
a change for the worse
- noun
a shape resulting from distortion
- 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
the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean