anamorphote lens

noun

ana·​mor·​phote lens

¦anə¦mȯrˌfōt-

: a distorting lens used to produce anamorphosis compare anamorphoscope

Word History

Etymology

Late Greek anamorphōtēs transforming, from anamorphoun to transform

First Known Use

circa 1902, in the meaning defined above

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