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distorsió — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • distortion noun A change that twists something out of its normal shape or meaning.
  • ghost noun The soul of a dead person believed to appear to or haunt the living.
  • kink noun A tight twist or bend in something that is normally straight, such as hair, rope, or wire.

Senses

distorsió is used for these senses in English:

  • ghost A false image formed in a telescope, camera, or other optical device by reflection from the surfaces of one or more lenses.
  • ghost An unwanted image similar to and overlapping or adjacent to the main one on a television screen, caused by the transmitted image being received both directly and via reflection.

distortion — full definition

  1. noun A change that twists something out of its normal shape or meaning.
  2. noun Unwanted noise or crackle added to sound, or a fuzzy effect used deliberately on electric guitars.

ghost — full definition

  1. noun The soul of a dead person believed to appear to or haunt the living.
  2. verb To suddenly stop all communication with someone, especially in a relationship, without any explanation.
  3. verb To secretly write or produce work credited to someone else (short for ghostwrite).
  4. verb To make a visual element look faint or grayed-out to show it can't currently be used.

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