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distort
Found in thesaurus: belie, misrepresent, change form, deform, change shape, distort, twine, twist, affect, bear upon, bear on, touch on, impact, touch
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distort
v.
deform; falsify; twist; contort
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Distortion
Distortion is the alteration of the original shape (or other characteristic) of something, such as an object, image, sound or waveform. Distortion is usually unwanted, and so engineers strive to eliminate distortion, or minimize it. In some situations, however, distortion may be desirable. The important signal processing operation of heterodyning is based on nonlinear mixing of signals to cause intermodulation. Distortion is also used as a musical effect, particularly with electric guitars.
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distort
Verb
1. make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story
(synonym) falsify, garble, warp
(hypernym) misrepresent, belie
(hyponym) mangle, mutilate, murder
(derivation) distortion
2. form into a spiral shape; "The cord is all twisted"
(synonym) twist, twine
(hypernym) change shape, change form, deform
(hyponym) wring, wrench
(derivation) distorted shape, distortion
3. twist and press out of shape
(synonym) contort, deform, wring
(hypernym) twist, twine
(hyponym) morph
(verb-group) wring, wrench
(derivation) distorted shape, distortion
4. affect as in thought or feeling; "My personal feelings color my judgment in this case"; "The sadness tinged his life"
(synonym) tinge, color, colour
(hypernym) affect, impact, bear upon, bear on, touch on, touch
5. alter the shape of (something) by stress; "His body was deformed by leprosy"
(synonym) deform, strain
(hypernym) shape, form
(hyponym) jaundice
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distort
v.
deformovat; pokřivit; překroutit; zkreslit
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distort
Czas.
zniekształcać; wykrzywiać; zniekształcać; przekręcać
