distortion#1 (n)

n11511765

type n
lex_filenum 19
def a change (usually undesired) in the waveform of an acoustic or analog electrical signal
def the difference between two measurements of a signal (as between the input and output signal)
examples heavy metal guitar players use vacuum tube amplifiers to produce extreme distortion
Outgoing links
Hypernym electrical phenomenon; acoustic phenomenon
Derivationally related form distortion → distort
Hyponym nonlinear distortion, amplitude distortion
Incoming links
Hyponym acoustic phenomenon; electrical phenomenon
Hypernym nonlinear distortion, amplitude distortion
Derivationally related form distort → distortion

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