distortion
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(noun) the mistake of misrepresenting the facts |
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Related Words: error, fault, mistake |
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(noun) the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean |
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Synonyms: overrefinement, straining, torture, twisting |
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Related Words: falsehood, falsification, misrepresentation |
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(noun) a change for the worse |
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Synonyms: deformation |
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Related Words: damage, harm, impairment, warp, warping |
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(noun) an optical phenomenon resulting from the failure of a lens or mirror to produce a good image |
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Synonyms: aberration, optical aberration |
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Related Words: chromatic aberration, optical phenomenon, spherical aberration |
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(noun) a shape resulting from distortion |
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Synonyms: distorted shape |
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Related Words: buckle, contortion, crookedness, form, gnarl, knot, shape, torsion, tortuosity, tortuousness, warp |
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