English Dictionary

anamorphoscope

/ænəˈmɔːfəskəʊp/

noun

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

The anamorphoscope is a device used to create distorted images that can only be viewed correctly with a special lens.

意味（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.