Distortion (disambiguation)

Distortion denotes the alteration of the original shape of an object, image, sound, or waveform.

Distortion may also refer to:

Science and technology

• Distortion (optics), including "barrel distortion" and "pincushion distortion"
  • Perspective distortion
• Cognitive distortion, thoughts that are exaggerated and irrational
• Parataxic distortion, inclination to skew perceptions of others based on fantasy
• Distortions (economics), a concept in economics
• Distortion function, used to define distortion risk measures
• In mathematics, distortion has several meanings, including:
  • Distortion (mathematics), a measure of how much a function distorts angles
  • Stretch factor, also called distortion, a measure of how much a function distorts distances between points
  • Subgroup distortion, a related idea in geometric group theory

Media

Film

• Distortion (film), a 2023 Filipino non-narrative animated film

Music

• Distortion (music), an electro-acoustic effect in music
• Copenhagen Distortion, also called 'Distortion festival', a party/club culture festival in Copenhagen, Denmark
• Social Distortion, an American punk rock band

Albums

• Distortion (Forbidden album), 1995
• Distortion (Game Theory EP), 1984
• Distortion (The Magnetic Fields album), 2008
• Distortion (the Proletariat EP), 1982
• Distortion (Joseph Simmons album), 2005
• Distortions (album), a 1967 album by the Litter

Songs

• "Distortion" (Jessica Sutta song), 2016
• "Distortion" (Babymetal song), 2018

Other

• "Distortion", an episode of the anime TV series Serial Experiments Lain

See also

• Deformation (disambiguation)
• Distort (disambiguation)
• Distorted (disambiguation)