Thesaurus results for DISTORTION

distortion

noun

di-ˈstȯr-shən

as in deformation

the twisting of something out of its natural or normal shape or condition had to total the car due to a distortion of the chassis resulting from collision

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Recent Examples of distortion Linear removes all distortion and offers a more moderate wide-angle that's appropriate for everyday recording. —

Jim Fisher, PC Magazine, 11 June 2026 This is a distortion of the law, and a display of callous indifference to the tragedies that moved Congress to pass the Refugee Act. —

Elizabeth Holtzman, Time, 9 June 2026 Engineers still need to determine how to precisely measure and compensate for signal distortions across the antenna. —

Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 8 June 2026 Projected on an obelisk, this narrowest of histories prefigured the commemorative distortions to follow. —

Greg Allen, ARTnews.com, 7 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for distortion

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deformation

Noun

This configuration permits the system to adjust for physical deformation or material degradation during continuous operations without requiring manual mechanical interventions.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 10 June 2026
The deformation depends on a single free exponent.

— Paul Sutter, Space.com, 26 May 2026