"distortion" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /dɪsˈtɔːʃən/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-distortion.wav [Southern-England] Forms: distortions [plural]
Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)ʃən Etymology: Borrowed from Latin distortio, distortionis, from distortus. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|distortio|distortio, distortionis}} Latin distortio, distortionis, {{m|la|distortus}} distortus Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} distortion (countable and uncountable, plural distortions)
  1. An act of distorting. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (act of distorting): изкривяване (izkrivjavane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), измятане (izmjatane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), distorsió [feminine] (Catalan), 扭曲 (niǔqū) (Chinese Mandarin), fordrejelse, forvridning, forvrængning (Danish), distordo (Esperanto), vääristäminen (Finnish), vääristely (Finnish), distorsion [feminine] (French), Verzerrung [feminine] (German), Verformung [feminine] (German), Verwindung [feminine] (German), Verdrehung [feminine] (German), διαστρέβλωση (diastrévlosi) [feminine] (Greek), παραμόρφωση (paramórfosi) [feminine] (Greek), distorsione [feminine] (Italian), whakahawenga (Maori), distorção [feminine] (Portuguese), distorsiune [feminine] (Romanian), искаже́ние (iskažénije) [neuter] (Russian), искривле́ние (iskrivlénije) [neuter] (Russian), distorsión (Spanish), förvrängning [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-distortion-en-noun-qy0BjpzQ Disambiguation of 'act of distorting': 82 15 0 1 1 2
  2. A result of distorting. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (result of distorting): изкривяване (izkrivjavane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), деформация (deformacija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), distorsió [feminine] (Catalan), 形变 (xíngbiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), zkreslení [neuter] (Czech), vääristyminen (Finnish), vääristymä (Finnish), distorsion [feminine] (French), Verzerrung [feminine] (German), Verformung [feminine] (German), Enstellung [feminine] (German), διαστρέβλωση (diastrévlosi) [feminine] (Greek), παραμόρφωση (paramórfosi) [feminine] (Greek), zniekształcenie [neuter] (Polish), distorção [feminine] (Portuguese), искаже́ние (iskažénije) [neuter] (Russian), искривле́ние (iskrivlénije) [neuter] (Russian), дисто́рсия (distórsija) (english: optical) [feminine] (Russian), distorsión (Spanish), förvrängning [plural] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-distortion-en-noun-6qSyGcYU Disambiguation of 'result of distorting': 13 83 0 1 1 2
  3. A misrepresentation of the truth. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (misrepresentation of the truth): изопачаване (izopačavane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), distorsió [feminine] (Catalan), 歪曲 (wāiqū) (Chinese Mandarin), vääristely (Finnish), Verzerrung [feminine] (German), Verformung [feminine] (German), Zerrbild [neuter] (German), διαστρέβλωση (diastrévlosi) [feminine] (Greek), παραποίηση (parapoíisi) [feminine] (Greek), διαστροφή (diastrofí) [feminine] (Greek), eltorzítás (Hungarian), meghamisítás (Hungarian), distorção [feminine] (Portuguese), искаже́ние (iskažénije) [neuter] (Russian), förvrängning [common-gender] (Swedish), викривлення (vykryvlennja) [neuter] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-distortion-en-noun-MRPC6N4X Disambiguation of 'misrepresentation of the truth': 0 0 97 1 0 2
  4. Noise or other artifacts caused in the electronic reproduction of sound or music. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (noise): изкривяване (izkrivjavane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), vääristymä (Finnish), Verzerrung [feminine] (German), παραμόρφωση (paramórfosi) [feminine] (Greek), hohōtanga (Maori), distorção [feminine] (Portuguese), искаже́ние (iskažénije) [neuter] (Russian), искривле́ние (iskrivlénije) [neuter] (Russian), дисто́рсия (distórsija) [feminine] (Russian), distortion [common-gender] (Swedish), förvränging [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-distortion-en-noun-UkIHIN9y Disambiguation of 'noise': 0 0 0 100 0 0
  5. An effect used in music, most commonly on guitars in rock or metal. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (effect used in music): distortion [plural] (Danish), särö (Finnish), distorsion [feminine] (French), Verzerrung [feminine] (German), παραμόρφωση (paramórfosi) [feminine] (Greek), distorção [feminine] (Portuguese), дисто́ршн (distóršn) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-distortion-en-noun-0HsGNoHU Disambiguation of 'effect used in music': 2 2 0 12 81 3
  6. (optics) An aberration that causes magnification to change over the field of view. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Optics Translations (optics): dystorsja [feminine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-distortion-en-noun-6K~ilj5g Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 6 2 29 3 58 Topics: engineering, natural-sciences, optics, physical-sciences, physics Disambiguation of 'optics': 0 2 6 9 1 81
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: deformation, disfigurement Derived forms: barrel distortion, bias distortion, bond distortion, digital pre-distortion, pincushion distortion, reality distortion field, selective distortion Related terms: distort

Inflected forms

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          "word": "Enstellung"
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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "diastrévlosi",
          "sense": "result of distorting",
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          "word": "διαστρέβλωση"
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          "roman": "paramórfosi",
          "sense": "result of distorting",
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          "sense": "result of distorting",
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          "word": "zniekształcenie"
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          "code": "pt",
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          "sense": "result of distorting",
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          "code": "ru",
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          "roman": "iskažénije",
          "sense": "result of distorting",
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          "sense": "result of distorting",
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          "english": "optical",
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          "roman": "distórsija",
          "sense": "result of distorting",
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          "word": "дисто́рсия"
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          "sense": "result of distorting",
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          "roman": "izopačavane",
          "sense": "misrepresentation of the truth",
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          "word": "изопачаване"
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        {
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          "sense": "misrepresentation of the truth",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "distorsió"
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        {
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "wāiqū",
          "sense": "misrepresentation of the truth",
          "word": "歪曲"
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          "sense": "misrepresentation of the truth",
          "word": "vääristely"
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          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "misrepresentation of the truth",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "Verzerrung"
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 97 1 0 2",
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "misrepresentation of the truth",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
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          "word": "Zerrbild"
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        {
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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "diastrévlosi",
          "sense": "misrepresentation of the truth",
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          "word": "διαστρέβλωση"
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        {
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          "roman": "parapoíisi",
          "sense": "misrepresentation of the truth",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "παραποίηση"
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          "roman": "diastrofí",
          "sense": "misrepresentation of the truth",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "διαστροφή"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 97 1 0 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "misrepresentation of the truth",
          "word": "eltorzítás"
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        {
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "misrepresentation of the truth",
          "word": "meghamisítás"
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          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "misrepresentation of the truth",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "distorção"
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          "_dis1": "0 0 97 1 0 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "iskažénije",
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          "sense": "misrepresentation of the truth",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "förvrängning"
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          "_dis1": "0 0 97 1 0 2",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "vykryvlennja",
          "sense": "misrepresentation of the truth",
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          "word": "викривлення"
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          "text": "This recording sounds awful due to the distortion.",
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      "word": "vääristely"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "misrepresentation of the truth",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Verzerrung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "misrepresentation of the truth",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Verformung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "misrepresentation of the truth",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Zerrbild"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "diastrévlosi",
      "sense": "misrepresentation of the truth",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "διαστρέβλωση"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "parapoíisi",
      "sense": "misrepresentation of the truth",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "παραποίηση"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "diastrofí",
      "sense": "misrepresentation of the truth",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "διαστροφή"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "misrepresentation of the truth",
      "word": "eltorzítás"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "misrepresentation of the truth",
      "word": "meghamisítás"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "misrepresentation of the truth",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "distorção"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "iskažénije",
      "sense": "misrepresentation of the truth",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "искаже́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "misrepresentation of the truth",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "förvrängning"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vykryvlennja",
      "sense": "misrepresentation of the truth",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "викривлення"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "izkrivjavane",
      "sense": "noise",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "изкривяване"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "noise",
      "word": "vääristymä"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "noise",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Verzerrung"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "paramórfosi",
      "sense": "noise",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "παραμόρφωση"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "noise",
      "word": "hohōtanga"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "noise",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "distorção"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "iskažénije",
      "sense": "noise",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "искаже́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "iskrivlénije",
      "sense": "noise",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "искривле́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "distórsija",
      "sense": "noise",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "дисто́рсия"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "noise",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "distortion"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "noise",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "förvränging"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "effect used in music",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "distortion"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "effect used in music",
      "word": "särö"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "effect used in music",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "distorsion"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "effect used in music",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Verzerrung"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "paramórfosi",
      "sense": "effect used in music",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "παραμόρφωση"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "effect used in music",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "distorção"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "distóršn",
      "sense": "effect used in music",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "дисто́ршн"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "optics",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dystorsja"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "distortion",
    "distortion (disambiguation)"
  ],
  "word": "distortion"
}

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