distortion

That distortion would change the apparent size of the patterns.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026

But curved cockpit windows are challenging to make – the slightest distortion or defect is clearly visible to the pilot.

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

But make no mistake: by dialing up their otherwise elegant chamber pop with a little extra crunch and distortion, the players of Not for Radio came ready to rock out with the Daisy Chain crowd.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026

Svallin says the distortion from comparing global earnings with the domestic economy runs both ways, so he made some nifty adjustments that include scaling companies by their share of U.S. revenue.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026

The result was a peculiar distortion of the field.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

Manson said the claims were "horrible distortions of reality" and his "intimate relationships had always been entirely consensual".

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

As you may remember from high school, most maps of the world use the Mercator projection, which features considerable distortions, especially in the Northern Hemisphere.

From Salon ● Sep. 10, 2026

“In particular, countries with excessive and persistent external surpluses should remove distortions that constrain domestic consumption and that result in an overreliance on exports for growth,” the Treasury statement said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

It’s also necessary to limit distortions to private-sector behavior, since private capital and competitive incentives drive the kind of innovation and financial firepower the rest of the world envies.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026

However–and here’s the thing–people on the train would have no sense of these distortions.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson