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Definition of Distorted

1. Adjective. So badly formed or out of shape as to be ugly. "Misshapen old fingers"

2. Adjective. Having an intended meaning altered or misrepresented. "A perverted translation of the poem"

Definition of Distorted

1. Verb. (past of distort) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Distorted

1. distort [v] - See also: distort

Lexicographical Neighbors of Distorted

distome distomedially distomer distomers distomes distomiasis distomolar distonic distopia distopias

distoplacement distopulpal distort distortable distorted (current term) distorted shape distortedly distorter distorters distorting

distortion distortion aberration distortional distortionary distortionist distortionists distortionless distortions distortive

Literary usage of Distorted

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

1. Theory and Calculation of Alternating Current Phenomena by Charles Proteus Steinmetz (1916)
"Inversely, if such a distorted wave of emf is impressed upon a magnetic circuit, as, for instance, a transformer, the wave of magnetism in the primary will ..."

2. Electrical Engineering: First Course by Ernst Julius Berg, Walter Lyman Upson (1916)
"Thus assume as the simplest case that the current is distorted in such a ... Such a combination of waves is seen to be a distorted wave, as shown in Fig. ..."

3. A Treatise on the Bankruptcy Law of the United States by Harold Remington (1915)
"Power of Amendment Not to Be distorted to Let in Dilatory Creditors Who Have Withdrawn Proofs.—The power of amendment is not to be distorted to let in ..."

4. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1880)
"The following Papers were read:— I- " On the Secular Changes in the Elements of the Orbit of a Satellite revolving about a Tidally distorted Planet. ..."

5. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"In the fourteenth century this form of mitre began to be distorted in shape. Up to ornamented with about five hundred more or less costly precious stones; ..."

6. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1916)
"They are characterized by large more or less fleshy and often distorted pods, which are cooked when in the same stage of maturity and in the same way as ..."

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