distortion

Academic Word List, sublist 9.

About 7.30 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun An act of distorting.
2. noun A result of distorting.
3. noun A misrepresentation of the truth.

   The story he told was a bit of a distortion.

4. noun Noise or other artifacts caused in the electronic reproduction of sound or music.

   This recording sounds awful due to the distortion.

5. noun An effect used in music, most commonly on guitars in rock or metal.
6. noun An aberration that causes magnification to change over the field of view.

Similar words

deformation straining torture aberration overrefinement twisting distorted shape optical aberration distorting distortive

Often followed by

of in and is or that to by can

Word family

distort distorted distorting distortional distortions distorts