distortion
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a change for the worse
Types & categories
- impairment hypernym
- warping hyponym
Related & opposite
- deform derivation
Sense 2 noun
a shape resulting from distortion
Types & categories
- shape hypernym
- tortuousness hyponym
- buckle hyponym
- gnarl hyponym
Related & opposite
- distortionist derivation
- distort derivation
- wring derivation
Sense 3 noun
an optical phenomenon resulting from the failure of a lens or mirror to produce a good image
Types & categories
- optical phenomenon hypernym
- chromatic aberration hyponym
- spherical aberration hyponym
Related & opposite
- aberrate derivation
Sense 4 noun
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
Types & categories
- acoustic phenomenon hypernym
- electrical phenomenon hypernym
- nonlinear distortion hyponym
Related & opposite
- warp derivation
Sense 5 noun
the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean
Types & categories
- falsification hypernym
Related & opposite
- overrefine derivation
- warp derivation
- twist around derivation
Sense 6 noun
the mistake of misrepresenting the facts
Types & categories
- mistake hypernym
Related & opposite
- warp derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | deform |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | impairment |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | warping |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | distortionist |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | distort |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | wring |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | shape |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | tortuousness |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | buckle |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | gnarl |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | aberrate |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | optical phenomenon |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | chromatic aberration |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | spherical aberration |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | warp |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | acoustic phenomenon |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | electrical phenomenon |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | nonlinear distortion |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | overrefine |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | warp |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | twist around |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | falsification |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | warp |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | mistake |