Tra từ distortion - Từ điển WordNet v3.1

noun

1. a change for the worse (Freq. 2)
• Syn:
deformation
• Derivationally related forms:
deform (for: deformation)
• Hypernyms:
damage, harm, impairment
• Hyponyms:
warp, warping
2. an optical phenomenon resulting from the failure of a lens or mirror to produce a good image (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
aberration, optical aberration
• Derivationally related forms:
aberrate (for: aberration)
• Hypernyms:
optical phenomenon
• Hyponyms:
chromatic aberration, spherical aberration
3. a shape resulting from distortion (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
distorted shape
• Derivationally related forms:
distortionist, distort
• Hypernyms:
shape, form
• Hyponyms:
tortuosity, tortuousness, torsion, contortion, crookedness,
warp, buckle, knot, gnarl
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
• Derivationally related forms:
distort
• Hypernyms:
electrical phenomenon, acoustic phenomenon
• Hyponyms:
nonlinear distortion, amplitude distortion
5. the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean
• Syn:
overrefinement, straining, torture, twisting
• Derivationally related forms:
twist (for: twisting), overrefine (for: overrefinement), distort
• Hypernyms:
falsification, misrepresentation
6. the mistake of misrepresenting the facts
• Derivationally related forms:
distort
• Hypernyms:
mistake, error, fault