Anamorphosis vs Anamorphoscope - What's the difference?
anamorphosis | anamorphoscope |
A distorted image of an object that may be viewed correctly from a specific angle or with a specific mirror
(biology) a form of limited metamorphosis in some arthropods
(mycology, lichenology) an abnormal form of some lichens or fungi that gives the appearance of a different species
A mirrored device which gives a correct image of an anamorphosis.
* 2006 , Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day , Vintage 2007, p. 280:
As nouns the difference between anamorphosis and anamorphoscope
is that anamorphosis is a distorted of an object that may be viewed correctly from a specific angle or with a specific mirror while anamorphoscope is a mirrored device which gives a correct image of an anamorphosis.anamorphosis
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(wikipedia anamorphosis) (anamorphoses)Derived terms
* euanamorphosis * hemianamorphosis * teloanamorphosisanamorphoscope
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(en noun)- 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.