of, relating to, or caused by anamorphosis or anamorphism
anamorphic in American English
(ˌænəˈmɔrfɪk)
adjective
of or having to do with anamorphosis or anamorphism
anamorphic in American English
(ˌænəˈmɔrfɪk)
adjective
1. Optics
having or producing unequal magnifications along two axes perpendicular to each other
2.
of, pertaining to, or created by anamorphosis or anamorphism
Word origin
[1900–05; anamorph(ism) + -ic]This word is first recorded in the period 1900–05. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Young Turk, burnout, clone, desensitize, throwaway-ic is a suffix forming adjectives from other parts of speech, occurring originally inGreek and Latin loanwords (metallic; poetic; archaic; public) and, on this model, used as an adjective-forming suffix with the particular senses“having some characteristics of” (opposed to the simple attributive use of the basenoun) (balletic; sophomoric); “in the style of” (Byronic; Miltonic); “pertaining to a family of peoples or languages” (Finnic; Semitic; Turkic)
Examples of 'anamorphic' in a sentence
anamorphic
There are exceptions - 1 per cent of the population is 'anamorphic', born without the ability to change.