Distortion (disambiguation)

Distortion stands for:

  • Distortion ( acoustics), in acoustics and sound the intended or unintended change in the waveform
  • Distortion ( Electrical Engineering) in Electrical an undesirable change of form in the time course of a periodically time-varying size
  • Distortion ( optics), distortion of an image, even distortion
  • Distortion (statistics), deviation of an estimator of the true parameters of a random distribution
  • Distortion ( empiricism ), ( systematic ) difference in response behavior
  • Distortion ( cartography ), in geodesy and cartography, with local regulations and maps on the length, area or angular distortion in each projection of the Earth's surface
  • In systems theory deviation from linear behavior; see Nonlinear System
  • In physics, the deformation of the continuum; see continuum mechanics
  • In biomechanics and medicine is a muscle strain
  • In cognitive psychology, cognitive distortion

See also:

  • Falsification
  • Angle distortion circuit loyalty, fidelity surface
  • Gape, paper arrears
  • Disambiguation
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