Distortion

noun

dɪ'stɔrʃən

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”
a change for the worse
Similar:Deformation
Type of:DamageImpairmentHarm
the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean
Similar:OverrefinementStrainingTortureTwisting
Type of:MisrepresentationFalsification
a shape resulting from distortion
Type of:ShapeForm
an optical phenomenon resulting from the failure of a lens or mirror to produce a good image
Similar:Aberration
the mistake of misrepresenting the facts
Type of:MistakeFaultError