distortion

English

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Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /dɪsˈtɔː(ɹ)ʃən/, /dɪsˈtɔː(ɹ)ʒən/
• Rhymes: -ɔː(r)ʃən

Noun

Wikipedia distortion (plural distortions)

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

   The story he told was a bit of a distortion.

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

   This recording sounds awful due to the distortion.

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

Translations

act of distorting

• Bulgarian: изкривяване (bg) (izkrivjavane) n, измятане (bg) (izmjatane) n
• Danish: fordrejelse, forvridning, forvrængning (da)
• Finnish: vääristäminen (fi), vääristely (fi)
• German: Verzerrung (de) f, Verformung (de) f, Verwindung (de) f

• Greek: διαστρέβλωση (el) (diastrévlosi) f, παραμόρφωση (el) (paramórfosi) f
• Spanish: distorsión (es)
• Swedish: förvrängning (sv) c

result of distorting

• Bulgarian: изкривяване (bg) (izkrivjavane) n, деформация (bg) (deformacija) f
• Czech: zkreslení (cs) n
• Finnish: vääristyminen (fi), vääristymä (fi)
• German: Verzerrung (de) f, Verformung (de) f, Enstellung (de) f

• Greek: διαστρέβλωση (el) (diastrévlosi) f, παραμόρφωση (el) (paramórfosi) f
• Spanish: distorsión (es)
• Swedish: förvrängning (sv) pl

misrepresentation of the truth

• Bulgarian: изопачаване (bg) (izopačavane) n
• Finnish: vääristely (fi)
• German: Verzerrung (de) f, Verformung (de) f, Zerrbild (de) n
• Greek: διαστρέβλωση (el) (diastrévlosi) f, παραποίηση (el) (parapoíisi) f, διαστροφή (el) (diastrofí) f

• Hungarian: eltorzítás (hu), meghamisítás (hu)
• Swedish: förvrängning (sv) c

noise

• Bulgarian: изкривяване (bg) (izkrivjavane) n
• Finnish: vääristymä (fi)
• German: Verzerrung (de) f

• Greek: παραμόρφωση (el) (paramórfosi) f
• Swedish: distortion (sv) c, förvränging (sv) c

effect used in music

• Danish: distortion (da) pl
• Finnish: särö (fi)
• German: Verzerrung (de) f

• Greek: παραμόρφωση (el) (paramórfosi) f

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• French: corruption f, déformation f, aberration f

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Noun

distortion f (plural distortions)

1. distortion