We experience and understand the world through signals that are received by the senses and interpreted by the brain - and both stages are subject to distortion.
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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.
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2. A wresting from the true meaning. --Bp. Wren.
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3. The state of being distorted, or twisted out of shape or
out of true position; crookedness; perversion.
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4. (Med.) An unnatural deviation of shape or position of any
part of the body producing visible deformity.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
distortion
n 1: a change for the worse [syn: {distortion}, {deformation}]
2: a shape resulting from distortion [syn: {distorted shape},
{distortion}]
3: an optical phenomenon resulting from the failure of a lens or
mirror to produce a good image [syn: {aberration},
{distortion}, {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: {distortion},
{overrefinement}, {straining}, {torture}, {twisting}]
6: the mistake of misrepresenting the facts
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