anamorphosis
noun
a drawing presenting a distorted image that appears in natural form under certain conditions, as when viewed at a raking angle or reflected from a curved mirror.
anamorphoses
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pluralof anamorphosis.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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Such anamorphoses are "restored" by placing a mirror-surfaced solid, usually a cylinder, at the focus of the design.
From Time Magazine Archive
Thus does the present offer us only shapes for optical anamorphoses, and only our spirit is the sublime mirror which transposes them into fair human forms.
From Titan: A Romance v. 1 (of 2) by Jean Paul Friedrich Richter
