English-Thai Dictionary

distortion

N การ บิดเบือน  ข้อความ เท็จ  เรื่อง โกหก  lie untruth truth fact kan-bid-buean

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DISTORTION

n.[L.] 1. The act of distorting or wresting; a twisting out of regular shape; a twisting or writhing motion; as the distortions of the face or body.
2. The state of being twisted out of shape; deviation from natural shape or position; crookedness; grimace.
3. A perversion of the true meaning of words.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DISTORTION

Dis *tor "tion, n. Etym: [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. )

 

Defn: An unnatural deviation of shape or position of any part of the body producing visible deformity.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

distortion

dis tor tion |disˈtôrSHən dɪˈstɔːrʃn | ▶noun 1 the action of distorting or the state of being distorted: the virus causes distortion of the leaves | deliberate distortions of pitch and timbre. • a distorted form or part: a distortion in the eye's shape or structure. 2 the action of giving a misleading account or impression: we're tired of the media's continuing distortion of our issues. 3 change in the form of an electrical signal or sound wave during processing. DERIVATIVES dis tor tion al |-ˈtôrSHənl |adjective, dis tor tion less |-ˈtôrSHənləs |adjective

 

Oxford Dictionary

distortion

dis |tor ¦tion |dɪˈstɔːʃ (ə )n | ▶noun [ mass noun ] 1 the action of distorting or the state of being distorted: the virus causes distortion of the leaves | [ count noun ] : deliberate distortions of pitch and timbre. • [ count noun ] a distorted form or part: a distortion in the eye's shape or structure. 2 the action of giving a misleading account or impression: we're fed up with the media's continuing distortion of our issues. 3 change in the form of an electrical signal or sound wave during processing. DERIVATIVES distortional adjective, distortionless adjective

 

Oxford Thesaurus

distortion

distortion noun 1 strain on the muscles of the eye leading to a distortion in shape or structure: warp, twist, contortion, bend, buckle, deformation, deformity, curve, curvature, malformation, disfigurement, crookedness; gnarl, knot. 2 a gross distortion of the facts: misrepresentation, perversion, twisting, falsification, misreporting, misstatement, manipulation; garbling, travesty; slant, bias, skew, colouring, prejudice, imbalance, spin; tampering, tinkering, doctoring, alteration, change.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

distortion

dis t ó r tion 名詞 U C 1 ゆがめられた物 [状態 ].2 ｟非難して ｠(事実などの )歪曲 （わいきよく ）, 曲解, 曲げること .3 (形 音 顔などの )ゆがみ, ねじれ, ひずみ ; 〘電 〙(信号波形の )ひずみ ; 〘光学 〙(像の )ゆがみ .