Thesaurus: anamorphosis

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1. n. A distorted or monstrous projection or representation of an image on a plane or curved surface, which, when viewed from a certain point, or as reflected from a curved mirror or through a polyhedron, appears regular and in proportion; a deformation of an image.
2. n. Same as Anamorphism, 2.
3. n. A morbid or monstrous development, or change of form, or degeneration.
4. n. the evolution of one type of organism from another by a long series of gradual changes
5. n. a distorted projection or perspective; especially an image distorted in such a way that it becomes visible only when viewed in a special manner
6. 1. (Persp.) A distorted or monstrous projection or representation of an image on a plane or curved surface, which, when viewed from a certain point, or as reflected from a curved mirror or through a polyhedron, appears regular and in proportion; a deformation of an image. 2. (Biol.) Same as Anamorphism, 2. 3. (Bot.) A morbid or monstrous development, or change of form, or degeneration.
7. A distorted or monstrous projection or representation of animage on a plane or curved surface, which, when viewed from a certainpoint, or as reflected from a curved mirror or through a polyhedron,appears regular and in proportion; a deformation of an image.
8. n. the evolution of one type of organism from another by a long series of gradual changes n. a distorted projection or perspective; especially an image distorted in such a way that it becomes visible only when viewed in a special manner