Look up: distortion

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   Distortion
   Any departure from the ideal of perfect competition that therefore interferes with economic agents maximizing social welfare when they maximize their own. Includes taxes and subsidies, tariffs and NTBs, externalities, incomplete information, and imperfect competition.
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   Distortion
   An effect that is applied to the amplification signal of an instrument, usually and most notably guitars.
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   Distortion
   Nonproportional representation of an original.
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   Distortion
   There are various lens induced 'distortions' that can effect the photographic image. (see: Aberration , Barrel distortion& Pincushion effect )
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   distortion
   [n] - a change for the worse 2. [n] - the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean 3. [n] - the mistake of misrepresenting the facts
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   Distortion
   Usually undesirable result of overloading sound equipment. Reducing the levels can remedy the situation.
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   Distortion
   (Digital cameras and photo printers) Misrepresentation of an image. Wide angle lenses normally produce more distortion than tele lenses.
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   Distortion
   a process, often found desirable by guitar players, that alters a sound's waveform.
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   Distortion
   Any change in the waveform or harmonic content of an original signal as it passes through a device. The result of nonlinearity within the device.
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    Distortion
    Deformation produced by fabrication and rolling processes. (Impact, welding, lack of fit).
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    Distortion
    One of the three universals of human perception; the process by which the relationships, which hold among the parts of that which is perceived, are represented differently from the real world event that they represent. One of the most common examples of distortion in modelling is the representation of a process by an event. Within language systems,...
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    distortion
    an error introduced into the scale of a chart due to the contraction or expansion of the paper on which it is printed Category: The cosmos • change of waveform or spectral content of any wave or signal due to any cause Category: News-systems and communications • abnormal length,organ or site Category: Medicine • change of shape in an article after moulding or fa...
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    Distortion
    Alteration of viewed images caused by variations in glass flatness or in homogeneous portions within the glass. An inherent characteristic of heat-treated glass.
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    Distortion
    A phenomenon in which straight lines are not rendered perfectly straight in a picture. There are two types of distortion--barrel distortion and pincushion distortion. Distortion cannot be improved by stopping down the lens. Even if the other possible aberrations were totally eliminated, images could result that still have a distorted appearance. Fo ...
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    Distortion
    Optical aberration particularly emerging with zoom lenses. Hence cushion or barrel distortions occur at maximum setting of the zoom lens. Due to the often built-in upwards projection this error is particularly eye-catching at the top side of the image. The better the lens the less the error.
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    Distortion
    Dis·tor'tion noun [ Latin distortio : confer French 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. 2. A wresting from the true meaning. Bp. Wren. 3. The state of being distorted, or twisted out of shape or out of true position; crookedne ...
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    distortion
    The state of being twisted out of a natural or normal shape or position. ... Origin: L. Dis = apart, torsio = a twisting ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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    distortion
    overrefinement noun the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean
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    distortion
    deformation noun a change for the worse
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    Distortion
    A `distortion` is the alteration of the original shape (or other characteristic) of an object, image, sound, waveform or other form of information or representation. Distortion is usually unwanted. In some fields, distortion is desirable, such as electric guitar (where distortion is often induced purposely with the amplifier to achieve the electric guitar's desired, electrifying, aggressive sound). The slight distortion of analog tapes and vacuum...
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    distortion
    (dis-tor´shәn) the state of being twisted out of a natural or normal shape or position. in psychology, the process of altering or disguising unconscious ideas or impulses so that they become acceptable to the conscious mind. in optics or radiology, deviation of an image from the true ou...
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    Distortion
    • (n.) A wresting from the true meaning. • (n.) The state of being distorted, or twisted out of shape or out of true position; crookedness; perversion. • (n.) An unnatural deviation of shape or position of any part of the body producing visible deformity. • (n.) The act of distorting, or twisting out of natural or regular shape;...
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    distortion
    (from the article `aberration`) Curvature of field and distortion refer to the location of image points with respect to one another. Even though the former three aberrations may be ... ...an image in which the centre of the field of view is in focus when the periphery may not be and is a consequence of using lenses with spherical ... ...
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    distortion
    in acoustics and electronics, any change in a signal that alters the basic waveform or the relationship between various frequency components; it is ... [3 related articles]
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    distortion
    (L. dis- apart + torsio a twisting) the state of being twisted out of a natural or normal shape or position.
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