Anamorphosis Definition

ănə-môrfə-sĭs
anamorphoses
noun
anamorphoses
A technique of perspective to produce a distorted image that will look normal when viewed from a particular angle or with a special mirror.
Webster's New World
A gradual change of form by evolution.
Webster's New World
An image that appears distorted unless it is viewed from a special angle or with a special instrument.
American Heritage Medicine
The production of such an image.
American Heritage Medicine
Evolutionary increase in complexity of form and function.
American Heritage Medicine
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Noun

Singular:
anamorphosis
Plural:
anamorphoses

Origin of Anamorphosis

  • New Latin anamorphōsis from Late Greek anamorphoun to transform Greek ana- ana- Greek morphē shape

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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