Meaning of CONTORTION
| Pronunciation: | | kun'torshun
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- [n] the act of twisting or deforming the shape of something (e.g., yourself)
- [n] a tortuous and twisted shape or position; "they built a tree house in the tortuosities of its boughs"; "the acrobat performed incredible contortions"
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| | Synonyms: | | crookedness, deformation, torsion, tortuosity, tortuousness |
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| | See Also: | | change of shape, distorted shape, distortion | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Con*tor"tion\, n. [L. contortio: cf. F. contorsion.
See {Contort}, and cf. {Torsion}.]
A twisting; a writhing; wry motion; a twist; as, the
contortion of the muscles of the face. --Swift.
All the contortions of the sibyl, without the
inspiration. --Burke.
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| | Related Terms: | | anamorphism, anamorphosis, asymmetry, buckle, crookedness, detorsion, deviation, disproportion, distortion, gnarl, imbalance, irregularity, knot, lopsidedness, quirk, screw, torsion, tortuosity, turn, twist, unsymmetry, warp, wrench, wrest, wring |
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