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distortion
Overview of noun distortion
The noun distortion has 6 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (2) distortion, deformation -- (a change for the worse)
2. (1) distorted shape, distortion -- (a shape resulting from distortion)
3. (1) aberration, distortion, optical aberration -- (an optical phenomenon resulting from the failure of a lens or mirror to produce a good image)
4. distortion -- (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")
5. distortion, overrefinement, straining, torture, twisting -- (the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean)
6. distortion -- (the mistake of misrepresenting the facts)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun distortion
6 senses of distortion
Sense 1
distortion, deformation
=> damage, harm, impairment
=> change, alteration, modification
=> happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
distorted shape, distortion
=> shape, form
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 3
aberration, distortion, optical aberration
=> optical phenomenon
=> physical phenomenon
=> natural phenomenon
=> phenomenon
=> process, physical process
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 4
distortion
=> electrical phenomenon
=> physical phenomenon
=> natural phenomenon
=> phenomenon
=> process, physical process
=> physical entity
=> entity
=> acoustic phenomenon
=> physical phenomenon
=> natural phenomenon
=> phenomenon
=> process, physical process
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 5
distortion, overrefinement, straining, torture, twisting
=> falsification, misrepresentaation
=> wrongdoing, wrongful conduct, misconduct, actus reus
=> activity
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 6
distortion
=> mistake, error, fault
=> nonaccomplishment, nonachievement
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun distortion
4 of 6 senses of distortion
Sense 1
distortion, deformation
=> warp, warping
Sense 2
distorted shape, distortion
=> tortuosity, tortuousness, torsion, contortion, crookedness
=> warp, buckle
=> knot, gnarl
Sense 3
aberration, distortion, optical aberration
=> chromatic aberration
=> spherical aberration
Sense 4
distortion
=> nonlinear distortion, amplitude distortion
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun distortion
6 senses of distortion
Sense 1
distortion, deformation
=> damage, harm, impairment
Sense 2
distorted shape, distortion
=> shape, form
Sense 3
aberration, distortion, optical aberration
=> optical phenomenon
Sense 4
distortion
=> electrical phenomenon
=> acoustic phenomenon
Sense 5
distortion, overrefinement, straining, torture, twisting
=> falsification, misrepresentaation
Sense 6
distortion
=> mistake, error, fault
Antonyms of noun distortion
Member Holonyms of noun distortion
Substance Holonyms of noun distortion
Part Holonyms of noun distortion
Member Meronyms of noun distortion
Substance Meronyms of noun distortion
Part Meronyms of noun distortion
Meronyms of noun distortion
Holonyms of noun distortion
Attributes of noun distortion
Derived Forms of noun distortion
4 of 6 senses of distortion
Sense 2
distorted shape, distortion
RELATED TO>(noun) distortionist#1
=> distortionist
RELATED TO>(verb) distort#2
=> twist, twine, distort
RELATED TO>(verb) distort#3
=> contort, deform, distort, wring
Sense 4
distortion
RELATED TO>(verb) distort#1
=> falsify, distort, garble, warp
Sense 5
distortion, overrefinement, straining, torture, twisting
RELATED TO>(verb) distort#1
=> falsify, distort, garble, warp
Sense 6
distortion
RELATED TO>(verb) distort#1
=> falsify, distort, garble, warp
Domain of noun distortion
Domain Terms of noun distortion
Familiarity of noun distortion
distortion used as a noun is common (polysemy count =6)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun distortion
6 senses of distortion
Sense 1
distortion, deformation
> damage, harm, impairment
=> detriment, hurt
=> distortion, deformation
=> run, ladder, ravel
Sense 2
distorted shape, distortion
> shape, form
=> solid
=> plane, sheet
=> natural shape
=> flare, flair
=> figure
=> line
=> angular shape, angularity
=> round shape
=> distorted shape, distortion
=> amorphous shape
=> connection, connexion, link
=> circle
=> square
=> triangle
=> column, tower, pillar
Sense 3
aberration, distortion, optical aberration
> optical phenomenon
=> aberration, distortion, optical aberration
=> absorption band
=> diffraction
=> incidence
=> optical illusion
=> pleochroism
=> polarization, polarisation
=> parallax
=> Tyndall effect
Sense 4
distortion
> electrical phenomenon
=> amperage
=> capacitance, electrical capacity, capacity
=> elastance, electrical elastance
=> charge, electric charge
=> pyroelectricity
=> current, electric current
=> dielectric heating
=> induction, inductance
=> electric potential, potential, potential difference, potential drop, voltage
=> conductance
=> electric resistance, electrical resistance, impedance, resistance, resistivity, ohmic resistance
=> reactance
=> reluctance
=> skin effect
=> distortion
=> electrical disturbance
=> voltage, electromotive force, emf
> acoustic phenomenon
=> distortion
=> projection, acoustic projection, sound projection
Sense 5
distortion, overrefinement, straining, torture, twisting
> falsification, misrepresentaation
=> distortion, overrefinement, straining, torture, twisting
=> equivocation, tergiversation
=> lying, prevarication, fabrication
=> deception, deceit, dissembling, dissimulation
Sense 6
distortion
> mistake, error, fault
=> blot, smear, smirch, spot, stain
=> confusion, mix-up
=> incursion
=> miscalculation, misreckoning, misestimation
=> distortion
=> slip, slip-up, miscue, parapraxis
=> offside
=> oversight, lapse
=> omission, skip
=> blunder, blooper, bloomer, bungle, pratfall, foul-up, fuckup, flub, botch, boner, boo-boo
=> ballup, balls-up, cockup, mess-up
=> stupidity, betise, folly, foolishness, imbecility
=> revoke, renege
Meronyms of noun distortion
6 senses of distortion
Holonyms of noun distortion
Grep of noun distortion
amplitude distortion
distortion
distortionist
nonlinear distortion
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