distortion
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contortion, deformation, misshaping, screwing, squinching, torturing, warping
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There is more demand for bonds because there are more foreign buyers and corporations face regulatory constraints, which is another form of distortion. — Allison Schrager, Quartz, "Are negative interest rates unusual, natural, or both?," 30 July 2019 Gravity is not a force, but rather a distortion of time and space. — Devin Powell, Discover Magazine, "How to Understand Einstein's Theory of Gravity," 24 May 2019 Unfortunately the best maps of the CMB (provided by the Planck satellite) showed no such distortions. — Quanta Magazine, "The Last of the Universe’s Ordinary Matter Has Been Found," 10 Sep. 2018 The fundamental frequency and harmonics are far less well defined, which indicates audio distortion and a much rougher tone to the sound. — Jeff Kao And Jack Gillum, ProPublica, "Methodology: How We Tested an Aggression Detection Algorithm," 25 June 2019 The handsome lighting models and per-object motion blur from Quantum Break are back for this newer game, as well, only with even more tantalizing distortion and color trickery. — Sam Machkovech And Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, "The best games, demos, and tech of E3 2019," 14 June 2019 On the investor side, the Fed’s suppression of interest rates for the last decade has led to profound distortions in the securities markets. — Robert Pozen, Fortune, "Why the Fed Lowering Interest Rates Would Be a Mistake," 29 July 2019 Keep in mind that drift from spray products used on plants on hot or windy days may result in plant injury to your own plants or your neighbors’. Plants may experience distortion, cupping, twisting or death. — Betty Cahill, The Denver Post, "How to get bad insects out of your garden, from Japanese beetles to spider mites," 24 June 2019 The answer is to eliminate that distortion, not to add a new one for renters. — The Editorial Board, WSJ, "Cory Booker Wants to Pay Your Rent," 12 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'distortion.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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