anamorphic
Americanadjective
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Optics. having or producing unequal magnifications along two axes perpendicular to each other.
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of, relating to, or created by anamorphosis or anamorphism.
adjective
Etymology
Origin of anamorphic
First recorded in 1900–05; anamorph(ism) + -ic
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The artwork, called I'm Mr Mercury, is anamorphic, meaning the image only resolves when viewed from a single marked spot about 65ft away.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
And like most things, we do that through the gauzy anamorphic lens of Hollywood.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2024
And we used anamorphic lenses for all of the dramatic scenes.
From Salon ● Mar. 16, 2023
Ashanti Haley plays with architectural, anamorphic and geometric forms in her drawings, painting, sculpture and photography to explore her own “pivotal learning experiences as a child,” she says.
From New York Times ● Feb. 23, 2023
Niceron explains how to produce anamorphic shapes: shapes like the skull in Holbein’s Ambassadors, which takes form as a skull only if you view it at a sharp angle to the picture’s surface.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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