[{"word":"distortion","phonetic":"/dɪsˈtɔːʃən/","phonetics":[{"text":"/dɪsˈtɔːʃən/","audio":""}],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"An act of distorting.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A result of distorting.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A misrepresentation of the truth.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The story he told was a bit of a distortion."},{"definition":"Noise or other artifacts caused in the electronic reproduction of sound or music.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"This recording sounds awful due to the distortion."},{"definition":"An effect used in music, most commonly on guitars in rock or metal.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"(optics) an aberration that causes magnification to change over the field of view.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":["deformation","disfigurement"],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/distortion"]}]