distortion

1. (countable, uncountable)An act of distorting.

   Verzerrung, Verformung, Verwindung

   искаже́ниеiskažénije, искривле́ниеiskrivlénije

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

2. (countable, uncountable)A result of distorting.

   Verzerrung, Verformung, Enstellung

   искаже́ниеiskažénije, искривле́ниеiskrivlénije, дисто́рсияdistórsija

3. (countable, uncountable)A misrepresentation of the truth.

   The story he told was a bit of a distortion.

   Verzerrung, Verformung, Zerrbild

   искаже́ниеiskažénije

   викривленняvykryvlennja

4. (countable, uncountable)Noise or other artifacts caused in the electronic reproduction of sound or music.

   This recording sounds awful due to the distortion.

   Verzerrung

   искаже́ниеiskažénije, искривле́ниеiskrivlénije, дисто́рсияdistórsija

5. (countable, uncountable)An effect used in music, most commonly on guitars in rock or metal.

   Verzerrung

   дисто́ршнdistóršn

6. (countable, uncountable)An aberration that causes magnification to change over the field of view.

1. This is a complete distortion of the facts.

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2. It's a gross distortion of the truth.

   ruЭто грубое искажение истины. — shanghainese

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3. That's a distortion of my argument.

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4. That is a distortion of justice.

   ruЭто искажённая картина справедливости. — alik_farber

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5. Lukas saw a distortion in space.

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