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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
distortion
 
SYLLABICATION:dis·tor·tion
PRONUNCIATION:  d-stôrshn
NOUN:1a. The act or an instance of distorting. b. The condition of being distorted. 2. A statement that twists fact; a misrepresentation. 3. A change in the shape of an image resulting from imperfections in an optical system, such as a lens. 4. Electronics a. An undesired change in the waveform of a signal. b. A consequence of such a change, especially a lack of fidelity in reception or reproduction. 5. Psychology The modification of unconscious impulses into forms acceptable by conscious or dreaming perception.
OTHER FORMS:dis·tortion·al, dis·tortion·aryADJECTIVE
 
 
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