Home › Words › P › predistortionpredistortionpredistortion means distortion prior to some other process.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, predistortion ranks #14,750 of 42,749 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom pre- + distortion.nounDistortion prior to some other process.e.g.“One form of predistortion and complementary equalization is the transmitter preemphasis and receiver deemphasis combination employed in FM transmissions.” — 1977, W[illiam] David Gregg, “Modulation Indices in PM and FM”, in Analog and Digital Communication: Concepts, Systems, Applications, and Services in Electrical Dissemination of Aural, Visual, and DatDefinitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.counterdistortion 63% match — A distortion in the opposite direction to another distortion. vs predistortion →distortion 61% match — An act of distorting. vs predistortion →microdistortion 61% match — A very small-scale distortion vs predistortion →precompression 60% match — Compression applied prior to something. vs predistortion →distortive 59% match — Causing distortion. vs predistortion →distortively 59% match — In a distortive way. vs predistortion →distortionary 59% match — Capable of distorting. vs predistortion →predeformation 58% match — deformation prior to some other process vs predistortion →