資料來源 : pyDict
扭曲,變形,曲解
資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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.
資料來源 : WordNet®
distortion
n 1: a change for the worse [syn: {deformation}]
2: a shape resulting from distortion [syn: {distorted shape}]
3: an optical phenomenon resulting from the failure of a lens
or mirror to produce a good image [syn: {aberration}, {optical
aberration}]
4: 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); "heavy metal guitar players use vacuum tube
amplifiers to produce extreme distortion"
5: the act of distorting something so it seems to mean
something it was not intended to mean [syn: {overrefinement},
{straining}, {torture}, {twisting}]
6: the mistake of misrepresenting the facts