单词 | anamorphosis |
释义 | anamorphosisn. 1. A distorted projection or drawing of anything, so made that when viewed from a particular point, or by reflection from a suitable mirror, it appears regular and properly proportioned; a deformation. ΘΚΠ society > communication > representation > a plastic or graphic representation > graphic representation > drawing plans or diagrams > [noun] > a plan or diagram > distorted projection anamorphosis1728 anamorphism1836 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word), To draw the Anamorphosis, or Deformation of an Image upon the convex Surface of a Cone. 1816 T. Jefferson Writings (1830) IV. 273 It was to correct their anamorphosis of the Deity, that Jesus preached. 1846 J. Joyce Sci. Dialogues xiv. 306 These images are called anamorphoses. 1873 Athenæum 25 Jan. This bewildering object is undoubtedly an anamorphosis of a human skull. 2. Bot. Such a degeneration or change in the habit of a plant from different conditions of growth, as gives it the appearance of a different species or genus; abnormal transformation. Chiefly said of cryptogams, as fungi, lichens, and sea-weeds. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > growth, movement, or curvature of parts > [noun] > plant metamorphosis or anamorphosis anamorphosis1830 antholysis1842 chlorosis1850 metamorphy1869 phyllody1869 phyllomorphy1869 1830 J. Lindley Introd. Nat. Syst. Bot. 55 The state of anamorphosis, or..that remarkable distension or increase of the cellular tissue of vegetables, from which the name of succulent is derived. 1857 M. J. Berkeley Introd. Cryptogamic Bot. §446 That genus [Chroolepus] may be a mere anamorphosis of the crust of Lichens. 3. Repetition of the same form at a later stage of development; return to an earlier form. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > [noun] > linguistic change > specific features or processes involved in analogy1569 deflection1603 epenthesis1656 sandhi1806 relic1835 anamorphosis1862 metanalysis1914 drift1921 adstratum1939 grammaticalization1955 relexification1962 1862 R. G. Latham Elem. Compar. Philol. in R. G. Latham Dict. Eng. Lang. There is not such a thing as a true anamorphosis in language. 4. = anamorphism n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > evolution > [noun] > processes or types of evolution transmutation1626 substitution1822 subspeciation1826 metamorphosis1835 phytogenesis1847 phytogeny1850 anamorphosis1852 correlation1859 advergence1861 convergence1861 phylogeny1869 ontogeny1872 recapitulation1874 ontogenesis1875 phylogenesis1875 biogenesis1876 abiogenesis1884 anagenesis1889 tachygenesis1893 orthogenesis1895 adaptive radiation1898 speciation1906 microevolution1911 subspeciation1921 raciation1934 orthogenetics1937 encephalization1938 proterogenesis1938 allomorphosis1941 cladogenesis1953 Wallace effect1966 metachromism1968 punctuation1976 speciational evolution1988 tachygen- 1852 Huxley in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 143 i. 63 Whether true anamorphosis ever occurs in the whole animal kingdom. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1884; most recently modified version published online March 2011). < n.1728 |
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