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Meaning of anamorphoscope | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2
ænəˈmɔːfəskəʊp

Definitions

A mirrored device which gives a correct image of an anamorphosis.

Examples

“The classical anamorphoscopes, he went on to explain, were mirrors, cylindrical or conical, usually, which when placed on or otherwise near a deliberately distorted picture, and viewed from the appropriate direction, would make the image appear “normal” again.”

CEFR level

C2
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