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
Planets exert gentle influence on nearby stars, so by watching the wobble, dimming or distortion of starlight, scientists can infer the presence of these elusive targets.
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Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Apr. 2025
Omitting such differences, however, can sometimes be decisive in invalidating the final evaluation, which can lead to systematic distortions in reasoning, influencing the resulting judgments and decisions.
—Cristian Randieri, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
An Invisible Risk The standard literature defines cognitive bias as a systematic distortion that affects decision making processes and cognitive understanding, often resulting from limited data sets and unconscious biases and decision protocols favoring certain viewpoints.
—Cristian Randieri, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
Like most new lenses, the XF 16-55mm II relies on digital corrections to remove optical distortion from images.
—PCMAG, 12 Mar. 2025
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Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Apr. 2025
Omitting such differences, however, can sometimes be decisive in invalidating the final evaluation, which can lead to systematic distortions in reasoning, influencing the resulting judgments and decisions.
—Cristian Randieri, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
An Invisible Risk The standard literature defines cognitive bias as a systematic distortion that affects decision making processes and cognitive understanding, often resulting from limited data sets and unconscious biases and decision protocols favoring certain viewpoints.
—Cristian Randieri, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
Like most new lenses, the XF 16-55mm II relies on digital corrections to remove optical distortion from images.
—PCMAG, 12 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for distortion
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In the northern Sierra, there are currently no signs of deformation.—
Taylor Nicioli,
CNN Money,
18 Apr. 2025
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Because of the slope’s slow-moving collapse, scientists can study the landslide’s historical rates of deformation and see how those changes relate to the retreat of the Barry Arm glacier.—
Darren Orf,
Smithsonian Magazine,
18 Mar. 2025
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“Distortion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/distortion. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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