distortion

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin distortio, distortionis, from distortus.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /dɪsˈtɔːʃən/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)ʃən

Noun

distortion (countable and uncountable, plural distortions)

An act of distorting.
A result of distorting.
A misrepresentation of the truth.
The story he told was a bit of a distortion.
Noise or other artifacts caused in the electronic reproduction of sound or music.
This recording sounds awful due to the distortion.
An effect used in music, most commonly on guitars in rock or metal.
(optics) An aberration that causes magnification to change over the field of view.

Synonyms

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Derived terms

Related terms

distort

Translations

act of distorting

Bulgarian: изкривяване (bg) n (izkrivjavane), измятане (bg) n (izmjatane)
Catalan: distorsió f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 扭曲 (zh) (niǔqū)
Danish: fordrejelse, forvridning, forvrængning
Esperanto: distordo
Finnish: vääristäminen (fi), vääristely (fi)
French: distorsion (fr) f
German: Verzerrung (de) f, Verformung (de) f, Verwindung f, Verdrehung (de) f
Greek: διαστρέβλωση (el) f (diastrévlosi), παραμόρφωση (el) f (paramórfosi)
Italian: distorsione (it) f
Maori: whakahawenga
Portuguese: distorção (pt) f
Romanian: distorsiune (ro) f
Russian: искаже́ние (ru) n (iskažénije), искривле́ние (ru) n (iskrivlénije)
Spanish: distorsión (es)
Swedish: förvrängning (sv) c

result of distorting

Bulgarian: изкривяване (bg) n (izkrivjavane), деформация (bg) f (deformacija)
Catalan: distorsió f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 形变 (zh) (xíngbiàn)
Czech: zkreslení n
Finnish: vääristyminen, vääristymä (fi)
French: distorsion (fr) f
German: Verzerrung (de) f, Verformung (de) f, Enstellung f
Greek: διαστρέβλωση (el) f (diastrévlosi), παραμόρφωση (el) f (paramórfosi)
Polish: zniekształcenie (pl) n
Portuguese: distorção (pt) f
Russian: искаже́ние (ru) n (iskažénije), искривле́ние (ru) n (iskrivlénije), дисто́рсия (ru) f (distórsija) (optical)
Spanish: distorsión (es)
Swedish: förvrängning (sv) pl

misrepresentation of the truth

Bulgarian: изопачаване (bg) n (izopačavane)
Catalan: distorsió f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 歪曲 (zh) (wāiqū)
Finnish: vääristely (fi)
German: Verzerrung (de) f, Verformung (de) f, Zerrbild (de) n
Greek: διαστρέβλωση (el) f (diastrévlosi), παραποίηση (el) f (parapoíisi), διαστροφή (el) f (diastrofí)
Hungarian: eltorzítás (hu), meghamisítás (hu)
Portuguese: distorção (pt) f
Russian: искаже́ние (ru) n (iskažénije)
Swedish: förvrängning (sv) c
Ukrainian: викривлення n (vykryvlennja)

noise

Bulgarian: изкривяване (bg) n (izkrivjavane)
Finnish: vääristymä (fi)
German: Verzerrung (de) f
Greek: παραμόρφωση (el) f (paramórfosi)
Maori: hohōtanga
Portuguese: distorção (pt) f
Russian: искаже́ние (ru) n (iskažénije), искривле́ние (ru) n (iskrivlénije), дисто́рсия (ru) f (distórsija)
Swedish: distortion (sv) c, förvränging c

effect used in music

Danish: distortion pl
Finnish: särö (fi)
French: distorsion (fr) f
German: Verzerrung (de) f
Greek: παραμόρφωση (el) f (paramórfosi)
Portuguese: distorção (pt) f
Russian: дисто́ршн (ru) m (distóršn)

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French: ^{(please verify)} corruption (fr) f, ^{(please verify)} déformation (fr) f, ^{(please verify)} aberration (fr) f

optics

Polish: dystorsja f

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