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Distortion
Distortion Dis*tor"tion, n. [L. distortio: cf. F. distortion.]
1. The act of distorting, or twisting out of natural or
regular shape; a twisting or writhing motion; as, the
distortions of the face or body.
2. A wresting from the true meaning. --Bp. Wren.
3. The state of being distorted, or twisted out of shape or
out of true position; crookedness; perversion.
4. (Med.) An unnatural deviation of shape or position of any
part of the body producing visible deformity.
Meaning of DISTORTION from wikipedia
- In
signal processing,
distortion is the
alteration of the
original shape (or
other characteristic) of a signal. In
communications and
electronics it means...
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Social Distortion is an
American punk rock band
formed in 1978 in Fullerton, California. It
consists of Mike Ness (vocals, guitar),
Jonny Wickersham (guitar)...
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Distortion and
overdrive are
forms of
audio signal processing used to
alter the
sound of
amplified electric musical instruments,
usually by increasing...
- In
geometric optics,
distortion is a
deviation from
rectilinear projection; a
projection in
which straight lines in a
scene remain straight in an image...
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Attenuation distortion is the
distortion of an
analog signal that
occurs during transmission when the
transmission medium does not have a flat frequency...
- waveform.
Distortion may also
refer to:
Distortion (optics),
including "barrel
distortion" and "pincushion
distortion"
Perspective distortion Cognitive...
- The
total harmonic distortion (THD or THDi) is a
measurement of the
harmonic distortion present in a
signal and is
defined as the
ratio of the sum of the...
- Rate–
distortion theory is a
major branch of
information theory which provides the
theoretical foundations for
lossy data compression; it
addresses the...
- In
signal processing,
phase distortion or phase-frequency
distortion is
distortion, that is,
change in the
shape of the waveform, that
occurs when (a)...
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Parataxic distortion is a
psychiatric term
first used by
Harry S. ****van to
describe the
inclination to skew
perceptions of
others based on fantasy....
