Anamorphoscope
//ænəˈmɔːfəskəʊp// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A mirrored device which gives a correct image of an anamorphosis.
"The classical anamorphoscopes, he went on to explain, were mirrors, cylindrical or conical, usually, which when placed on or otherwise near a deliberately distorted picture, and viewed from the appropriate direction, would make the image appear “normal” again."
Example
More examples"The classical anamorphoscopes, he went on to explain, were mirrors, cylindrical or conical, usually, which when placed on or otherwise near a deliberately distorted picture, and viewed from the appropriate direction, would make the image appear “normal” again."
Etymology
From anamorphosis + -scope.
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