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anamorphoscope

/ænəˈmɔːfəskəʊp/

anamorphoscope noun: a mirrored device which gives a correct image of an anamorphosis.

Noun

anamorphoscope (plural anamorphoscopes)

  1. A mirrored device which gives a correct image of an anamorphosis.
    • 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.2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 280

anamorphoscope meaning in Tamil

anamorphoscope in Tamil

உருக்குலைவு திருத்தி

Forms of anamorphoscope

pluralanamorphoscopes

Origin of anamorphoscope

From anamorphosis + -scope.

Questions about anamorphoscope

What does anamorphoscope mean?
Anamorphoscope means a mirrored device which gives a correct image of an anamorphosis.
What is anamorphoscope in Tamil?
Anamorphoscope in Tamil is உருக்குலைவு திருத்தி. See Anamorphoscope meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is anamorphoscope?
Anamorphoscope is a noun.
How do you pronounce anamorphoscope?
Anamorphoscope is pronounced /ænəˈmɔːfəskəʊp/.
What is the plural of anamorphoscope?
The plural of anamorphoscope is anamorphoscopes.

Words near anamorphoscope in the dictionary

  1. anamorph
  2. anamorphic
  3. anamorphically
  4. anamorphism
  5. anamorphisms
  6. anamorphoscope
  7. anamorphoscopes
  8. anamorphose
  9. anamorphosed
  10. anamorphoser
  11. anamorphosers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: anamorphoscope (page history and authors); anamorphoscope (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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