distortion /dis'tɒ:ʃәn/
Meaning
English definition
- (n.) a change for the worse
- (n.) a change (usually undesired) in the waveform of an acoustic or analog electrical signal; the difference between two measurements of a signal (as…
- (n.) the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean
Chinese translation
- n. 扭曲, 变形, 曲解
- [计] 畸变; 失真
Word details
- Part of speech
- noun
- Pronunciation
- /dis'tɒ:ʃәn/
- Syllables
- 3
- Exam levels
- CET-6 · TOEFL
- Frequency
- Zipf 3.55 · Super Super Rare
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