Thesaurus: distortion

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1. n. The act of distorting, or twisting out of natural or regular shape; a twisting or writhing motion; as, the distortions of the face or body.
2. n. A wresting from the true meaning.
3. n. The state of being distorted, or twisted out of shape or out of true position; crookedness; perversion.
4. n. An unnatural deviation of shape or position of any part of the body producing visible deformity.
5. n. a change for the worse
6. n. a shape resulting from distortion
7. n. an optical phenomenon resulting from the failure of a lens or mirror to produce a good image
8. n. 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)
9. n. the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean
10. n. the mistake of misrepresenting the facts
11. 1. The act of distorting, or twisting out of natural or regular shape; a twisting or writhing motion; as, the distortions of the face or body. 2. A wresting from the true meaning. Bp. Wren. 3. The state of being distorted, or twisted out of shape or out of true position; crookedness; perversion. 4. (Med.) An unnatural deviation of shape or position of any part of the body producing visible deformity.
12. An unnatural deviation of shape or position of any part of thebody producing visible deformity.