Definition of Distorting

1. Verb. (present participle of distort) ¹

2. Adjective. That distorts. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Distorting

1. distort [v] - See also: distort

Lexicographical Neighbors of Distorting

distomes
distomiasis
distomolar
distonic
distopia
distopias
distoplacement
distopulpal
distort
distortable
distorted
distorted shape
distortedly
distorter
distorters
distorting (current term)
distortion
distortion aberration
distortional
distortionary
distortionist
distortionists
distortionless
distortions
distortive
distortively
distorts
distoversion
distract
distractable

Literary usage of Distorting

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Transactions of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers by American Institute of Electrical Engineers (1906)
"DISCUSSION ON " EFFECT OF IRON IN distorting ALTERNATING- CURRENT WAVE-FORM", AT PITTSBURG BRANCH, OCTOBER 9, 1906. SP Grace: The sounds of the human voice ..."

2. Electrical Phenomena in Parallel Conductors by Frederick Eugene Pernot (1918)
"distorting CIRCUITS FOR USE WITH OSCILLOGRAPH A comparison of the two curves, i and i', should immediately show the advantage of using a circuit connection ..."

3. Human Behavior: A First Book in Psychology for Teachers by Stephen Sheldon Colvin, William Chandler Bagley (1913)
"Suggestion as a Factor in distorting Memory. — If a person is questioned in regard to an experience, he is more likely to falsify ..."

4. Essays Chiefly on Poetry by Aubrey De Vere (1887)
"... in part distorting the idea of His character, in part divesting it of reality. The diversity of character observable in the Saints results, ..."

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