anaglyph
[an-uh-glif]
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noun
an ornament sculptured or embossed in low relief, as a cameo.
Optics. a composite picture printed in two colors that produces a three-dimensional image when viewed through spectacles having lenses of corresponding colors.
Nearby words
- anaesthetist,
- anaesthetize,
- anagen,
- anagenesis,
- anagenetic,
- anaglyphoscope,
- anaglypta,
- anagnorisis,
- anagoge,
- anagogic
Origin of anaglyph
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Examples from the Web for anaglyph
If he had been a priest of Serapis for fifty years he could not have known the anaglyph better.
The Caxtons, Complete|Edward Bulwer-LyttonIf he had been a priest of Serapis for fifty years, he could not have known the Anaglyph better!
The anaglyph was peculiar to the Egyptian priests—the hieroglyph generally known to the well educated.
The anaglyph was peculiar to the Egyptian priests; the hieroglyph generally known to the well educated.
The Caxtons, Complete|Edward Bulwer-Lytton
anaglyph
noun
Word Origin for anaglyph
C17: from Greek anagluphē carved in low relief, from ana- + gluphē carving, from gluphein to carve
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