as in deformation
the twisting of something out of its natural or normal shape or condition had to total the car due to a distortion of the chassis resulting from collision

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Recent Examples of distortion At the higher doses, most people had brief hallucinations or visual distortions, along with some nausea and headaches. Dr. Christian S. Monsalve, ABC News, 4 Sep. 2025 Unlike conventional luminescent or scattering-based concentrators, which often suffer from visual distortion, low efficiency, and poor scalability, the new CUSC delivers broadband, polarization-selective diffraction and efficient waveguiding while preserving complete visual clarity. Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2025 Users note that distortion and vignetting are well-controlled and require minimal correction in post-processing. Harry Bennett, Space.com, 27 Aug. 2025 Users reported strange artifacts, edge distortion, and distracting smoothness that gives the appearance of AI alteration. Ryan Whitwam, ArsTechnica, 25 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for distortion
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deformation
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  • The results showed that at a pressure of 69 gigapascals (GPa), the diamond only exhibited elastic deformation, retaining its defect-free lattice.
    Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 24 Aug. 2025
  • Past studies have observed tissue deformations that suggest cells apply force — when migrating and invading tumors, for example — and Ojosnegros and his team wanted to explore the hypothesis that this also happens in implantation.
    Leslie Katz, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2025

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“Distortion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/distortion. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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