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anamorphoses

anamorphoses is the plural of anamorphosis.

anamorphoses is the third-person singular simple present indicative of anamorphose.

Meaning of anamorphosis

Noun

anamorphosis (countable and uncountable, plural anamorphoses)

  1. A distorted image of an object that may be viewed correctly from a specific angle or with a specific mirror.
  2. The use of this kind of image distortion.
  3. A form of limited metamorphosis in some arthropods.
  4. An abnormal form of some lichens or fungi that gives the appearance of a different species.

Meaning of anamorphose

Verb

anamorphose (third-person singular simple present anamorphoses, present participle anamorphosing, simple past and past participle anamorphosed)

  1. (transitive) To distort (an image) by anamorphosis.

Questions about anamorphoses

What is anamorphoses the plural of?
Anamorphoses is the plural of anamorphosis.

Words near anamorphoses in the dictionary

  1. anamorphoscopes
  2. anamorphose
  3. anamorphosed
  4. anamorphoser
  5. anamorphosers
  6. anamorphoses
  7. anamorphosing
  8. anamorphosis
  9. anamorphotic
  10. anamorphous
  11. anamorphs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: anamorphoses (page history and authors); anamorphosis (page history and authors); anamorphose (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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