DISTORTIONS - Definition & Meaning for Kids

Meaning 1

Part of speech: Noun

an optical phenomenon resulting from the failure of a lens or mirror to produce a good image

Meaning 2

Part of speech: Noun

a change (usually undesired) in the waveform of an acoustic or analog electrical signal

Example: 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

Meaning 3

Part of speech: Noun

a shape resulting from distortion

Meaning 4

Part of speech: Noun

a change for the worse

Meaning 5

Part of speech: Noun

the mistake of misrepresenting the facts

Meaning 6

Part of speech: Noun

the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean