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
Example Sentences
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I saw him use anamorphic lenses and lighting in ways that I was blown away.
From Salon • Jan. 19, 2024
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
“It gives you the quality of an older anamorphic lens that bends and focus-breathes a certain way, with the benefit of these large formats,” Montpellier notes.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 4, 2023
The novel’s 1980s setting inspired the look, feel and sound of the film, which was shot on 35mm anamorphic film in Ohio.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 31, 2022
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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