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distortion

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin distortio, distortionis, from distortus.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /d?s?t????n/
  • Rhymes: -??(r)??n

Noun

distortion (countable and uncountable, 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.

Synonyms

  • deformation
  • disfigurement

Related terms

  • distort

Translations

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antiferrodistortion

English

Etymology

anti- +? ferrodistortion or antiferro- +? distortion

Noun

antiferrodistortion (uncountable)

  1. distortion to the structure of a crystal lattice due to antiferromagnetism

Related terms

  • ferrodistortion

antiferrodistortion From the web:

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