anamorphoscope
English
Etymology
From anamorphosis + -scope.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ænəˈmɔːfəskəʊp/
Noun
anamorphoscope (plural anamorphoscopes)
- A mirrored device which gives a correct image of an anamorphosis.
- 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 280:
- 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 2007, p. 280: