Definitions For Distortion

noun

• The mistake of misrepresenting the facts
• The act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean
• A change for the worse
• An optical phenomenon resulting from the failure of a lens or mirror to produce a good image
• 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)
• A shape resulting from distortion