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distortion: the mistake of misrepresenting the facts; the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean; a change for the worse; 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"

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contortion collapse: the act of twisting or deforming the shape of something (e.g., yourself)

refraction collapse: the change in direction of a propagating wave (light or sound) when passing from one medium to another

expressionism collapse: an art movement early in the 20th century; the artist's subjective expression of inner experiences was emphasized; an inner feeling was expressed through a distorted rendition of reality

misrendering collapse

misrepresentation collapse: a misleading falsehood

misteaching collapse

understatement collapse: a statement that is restrained in ironic contrast to what might have been said

scribble collapse: an aimless drawing; poor handwriting; write down quickly without much attention to detail; write carelessly

falsification collapse: the act of determining that something is false; the act of rendering something false as by fraudulent changes (of documents or measures etc.) or counterfeiting; a willful perversion of facts

perjury collapse: criminal offense of making false statements under oath

errancy collapse: fallibility as indicated by erring or a tendency to err; (Christianity) holding views that disagree with accepted doctrine; especially disagreement with papal infallibility; "he denies the errancy of the Catholic Church"

imbalance collapse: a lack of balance or state of disequilibrium; "a hormonal imbalance"

feedback collapse: response to an inquiry or experiment; the process in which part of the output of a system is returned to its input in order to regulate its further output

torturing collapse

malformation collapse: something abnormal or anomalous

blooping collapse

misreading collapse: misinterpretation caused by inaccurate reading

squeezing collapse

misapprehension collapse

flexure collapse: the state of being flexed (as of a joint)

flection collapse

asymmetry collapse: (mathematics) a lack of symmetry

blackhead collapse: a black-tipped plug clogging a pore of the skin

specious reasoning collapse

torsion collapse: a twisting force

misinterpretation collapse: putting the wrong interpretation on; "his misinterpretation of the question caused his error"; "there was no mistaking her meaning"

slanting collapse

self-contradiction collapse: contradicting yourself

plausibility collapse: apparent validity

buckle collapse: fastener that fastens together two ends of a belt or strap; often has loose prong; fold or collapse; "His knees buckled"; fasten with a buckle or buckles

falsehood collapse: a false statement

misstatement collapse: a statement that contains a mistake

misunderstanding collapse

untruth collapse

misjudgment collapse

fluttering collapse

diffraction collapse: when light passes sharp edges or goes through narrow slits the rays are deflected and produce fringes of light and dark bands

misconception collapse: an incorrect conception

sophism collapse: a deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone

pockmark collapse: a scar or pit on the skin that is left by a pustule of smallpox or acne or other eruptive disease; mark with or as if with pockmarks; "Her face was pockmarked by the disease"

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