All 3 Uses of
distort
in
Tunnel In the Sky
- The extradimensional distortions necessary to match places on two planets many light-years apart were not simply a matter of expenditure of enormous quantities of energy; they were precision problems fussy beyond belief, involving high mathematics and high art-the math was done by machine but the gate operator always had to adjust the last couple of decimal places by prayer and intuition.†
Chpt 1
- The gate robot took into account tidal distortions but could not anticipate minor seismic variables.†
Chpt 1
- Space-time distortion, but I'm no mathematician.†
Chpt 15 *
Definition:
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(distort) to alter something in an unnatural or untrue way