Distortion (disambiguation)
# 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

## 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
