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 Translation for 'to distort sth' from English to Icelandic
bjaga e-ðto distort sth.
afbaka e-ðto distort sth.
rangtúlka e-ðto distort sth.
afskræma e-ð [afmynda]to distort sth.
Partial Matches
afbakastto distort
afmynda e-n [e-ð afmyndar e-n]to distort sb.
fergja e-ð (með e-u)to weight down sth. (with sth.) [hold it down]
bera e-ð á/í e-ðto apply sth. to/on sth. [put on]
hlaða e-ð með e-u to charge sth. with sth. [to load firearm, battery]
taka e-ð fyrir e-ðto charge sth. for sth. [set a price]
rukka e-ð fyrir e-ðto charge sth. for sth. [demand a price]
þrykkja e-ð á e-ðto print sth. on sth. [especially graphics]
þrífa e-ð úr e-uto snatch sth. from / out of sth.
fylla e-ð með e-uto charge sth. with sth. [load to capacity]
unverified svipta e-u ofan af e-uto sweep sth. off sth. [take away]
verja e-ð fyrir e-uto protect sth. against / from sth.
yfirfæra e-ðe-ð)to superimpose sth. (on / onto sth.)
láta e-ð ofan í e-ðto put sth. in / into sth.
e-ð út úr e-uto get sth. out of sth.
unverified keyra e-ð í e-ð [slá af afli]to hit sth. hard (with sth.)
taka e-ð fram yfir annaðto prefer sth. to sth. else
vilja e-ð frekar en e-ð annaðto prefer sth. to sth. else
eyrnamerkja e-ð e-uto earmark sth. for sth. [reserve]
aðlaga e-ð (e-u)to adjust sth. (at / to sth.)
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Usage Examples English
  • Because of the potential for cross-border controlled transactions to distort taxable income, tax authorities in many countries can adjust intragroup transfer prices that differ from what would have been charged by unrelated enterprises dealing at arm’s length (the arm’s-length principle).
  • Two polyhedra are "topologically distinct" if they have intrinsically different arrangements of faces and vertices, such that it is impossible to distort one into the other simply by changing the lengths of edges or the angles between edges or faces.
  • The latter, having greater elastomer wall thickness at the peaks allows larger-sized solids to pass through because of its increased ability to distort under pressure.
  • As a result, weakly electronegative atoms tend to distort their electron cloud and form cations.
  • Paul had great love for Christ but was it is explained how the strained and partly broken relationship with the disciples who walked with Jesus, and the ingrained thoughts of sacrificial law working while he tried to figure out Jesus' death, as well as Satan "at his side" to distort and deceive were all parts of the forming of what has come to be believed as the basis for salvation.

  • The German expression was coined by Adolf Hitler, when he dictated his book "Mein Kampf" (1925), to describe the use of a lie so colossal that no one would believe that someone "could have the impudence to distort the truth so infamously."
  • "Necessary Illusions: Thought Control in Democratic Societies" is a 1989 book by United States academic Noam Chomsky concerning political power using propaganda to distort and distract from major issues to maintain confusion and complicity, preventing real democracy from becoming effective.
  • The Vultee Vengeance, mostly used by the RAF and RAAF in Burma, was designed to be trimmed for diving, with no lift to distort the dive.
  • The GOP has led a partisan effort to distort intelligence and discredit the U.S.
  • Bourdieu insists on the importance of a "reflexive sociology" in which sociologists must at all times conduct their research with conscious attention to the effects of their own position, their own set of internalized structures, and how these are likely to distort or prejudice their objectivity.

  • Starch granules are very common in chloroplasts, typically taking up 15% of the organelle's volume, though in some other plastids like amyloplasts, they can be big enough to distort the shape of the organelle.
  • Heatage is an automatic technique developed and used by David Hare in which an exposed but unfixed photographic negative is heated from below, causing the emulsion (and the resulting image, when developed) to distort in a random fashion.
  • Dysfunctional dopamine signaling may lead to abnormal top down regulation of sensory processing, allowing expectations to distort sensory input.
  • In transmitting signals at high data rates, the transmission medium may introduce distortions, so pre-emphasis is used to distort the transmitted signal to correct for this distortion.
  • As the system output is given by y(t) = F(x(t)), then if the inverse function F−1 can be found, and used intentionally to distort either the input or the output of the system, then the distortion is corrected.

  • The Anti-Defamation League's report on this topic states that antisemitic critics of the Talmud frequently use erroneous translations or selective quotations in order to distort the meaning of the Talmud's text, and sometimes fabricate passages.
  • Fynn, according to Wylie, complied with the request, and Wylie notes that he had an additional motive to distort Shaka's image— he applied for a huge grant of land— an area allegedly depopulated by Shaka's savagery.
  • In June 1994 Ireland's Competition Authority refused to license the NBA, on the grounds that UK publishers' market share was high enough for the NPA to distort competition in Ireland.
  • When this approach is not properly set, agreed and managed by organizations, self-centered employees might be prone to distort results, falsely representing achievement of targets that were set in a short-term, narrow fashion.
  • He was re-elected on 18 October 2001 with about 53% of the vote; this election was generally deemed free and fair by observers, despite some very serious shortcomings ranging from overt government intimidation of voters to technical innovations (such as raising the required deposit to stand for election by a factor of 25) to distort the process in favour of the incumbent regime.

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    Contains translations by TU Chemnitz and Mr Honey's Business Dictionary (German-English only).
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