Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun nonlinear_distortion

1 sense of nonlinear distortion

Sense 1
nonlinear distortion, amplitude distortion -- (distortion that occurs when the output signal does not have a linear relation to the input signal)
       => distortion -- (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); "heavy metal guitar players use vacuum tube amplifiers to produce extreme distortion")