distorting betydelse and definition

Betydelse av distorting på svenska

• 0 present participle of distort

• 1 to change the shape of something so that it looks strange or unnatural:

  • The map distorted Greenland to appear four times its actual size.

  • a distorting mirror

• 2 to change something so that it is false or wrong, or no longer means what it was intended to mean:

  • She accused her opponent of distorting the truth.

  • The survey methods can distort reality.

• 3 to change or affect something, especially in a way that makes it worse:

  • The government is actually distorting markets and undermining competition.

  • There's a danger this could distort his judgment.

• 4 to make sound produced on electrical equipment sound strange and unpleasant because of changes in the shape of the sound wave:

  • a powerful amplifier capable of producing sound at high volume without distorting it

  • The sound system distorted the vocals.