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Noun Concept
Categories: Effects units, Geometrical optics, Cartography, Audio effects, Electric guitars
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distortion  fuzzbox  overdrive  audio distortion  distort
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A change (usually undesired) in the waveform of an acoustic or analog electrical signal; the difference between two measurements of a signal (as between the input and output signal) WordNet 3.0
English:
guitar
music
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A change (usually undesired) in the waveform of an acoustic or analog electrical signal; the difference between two measurements of a signal (as between the input and output signal) WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Distortion and overdrive are forms of audio signal processing used to alter the sound of amplified electric musical instruments, usually by increasing their gain, producing a "fuzzy", "growling", or "gritty" tone. Wikipedia
In signal processing, distortion is the alteration of the original shape of a signal. Wikipedia
An electro-acoustic effect in music Wikipedia Disambiguation
Form of audio signal processing giving "fuzzy" sound Wikidata
Alteration of the original shape of something Wikidata
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Heavy metal guitar players use vacuum tube amplifiers to produce extreme distortion WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
IS A
acoustic phenomenon
electrical phenomenon
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Verfälschung
bianhua
HAS PART
Action Woman
HAS KIND
nonlinear distortion
aberration
cognitive distortion
crossover distortion
Big Muff
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DERIVATION
falsify
DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia
FACET OF
acoustics
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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distortion
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distortion
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Distortion, distortion
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