Torzított

Torzított is a Hungarian adjective formed as the past participle of the verb torzítani, meaning to distort or alter from the original form. It describes something that has undergone distortion or modification by a process, device, or interpretation. In Hungarian, torzított can modify a noun (torzított kép, torzított adat) or function as a predicate complement (A kép torzított volt).

In practical use, the term appears across fields such as optics, imaging, and data processing. In optics, torzítás refers to optical distortion produced by lenses, including barrel and pincushion distortion. In digital imaging, torzított images can result from compression, resampling, or sensor imperfections. In statistics or research, torzított adatok refers to data distorted by measurement error, processing, or sampling bias, and the term is commonly used to describe results that do not reflect the original phenomenon accurately.

Origin and usage notes: the word derives from torzítás, meaning distortion, and torzítani, to distort. The past participle torzított is used either attributively (torzított adatok) or predicatively (a kép torzított volt) to indicate that something has been altered from its original state. It is not a proper noun. See also torzítás and torzító for related concepts.