distortion

1. A change for the worse (synset 107448573)
   is a type of: damage, harm, impairment - the occurrence of a change for the worse
   subtypes: warp, warping - a moral or mental distortion
   same as: deformation
2. A shape resulting from distortion (synset 113889897)
   is a type of: form, shape - the spatial arrangement of something as distinct from its substance
   subtypes:

   • contortion, crookedness, torsion, tortuosity, tortuousness - a tortuous and twisted shape or position
   • buckle, warp - a shape distorted by twisting or folding
   • gnarl, knot - something twisted and tight and swollen
   same as: distorted shape
3. An optical phenomenon resulting from the failure of a lens or mirror to produce a good image (synset 111440253)
   is a type of: optical phenomenon - a physical phenomenon related to or involving light
   subtypes:

   • chromatic aberration - an optical aberration in which the image has colored fringes
   • spherical aberration - an optical aberration resulting in a distorted image
   same as: aberration, optical aberration
4. 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) (synset 111532198)
   "heavy metal guitar players use vacuum tube amplifiers to produce extreme distortion"
   is a type of:

   • acoustic phenomenon - a physical phenomenon associated with the production or transmission of sound
   • electrical phenomenon - a physical phenomenon involving electricity
   subtypes: amplitude distortion, nonlinear distortion - distortion that occurs when the output signal does not have a linear relation to the input signal
5. The act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean (synset 100752872)
   is a type of: falsification, misrepresentation - a willful perversion of facts
   same as: overrefinement, straining, torture, twisting
6. The mistake of misrepresenting the facts (synset 100074533)
   is a type of: error, fault, mistake - a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention

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