anamorphoscope

English

Etymology

From anamorphosis +‎ -scope.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ænəˈmɔːfəskəʊp/

Noun

anamorphoscope (plural anamorphoscopes)

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