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Entry 3 senses Webster, 1913

Anamorphosis

· An·a·mor·pho·sis · IPA
01 n. A distorted or monstrous projection or representation of an image on a plane or curved surface, which, when viewed from a certain point, or…
  1. 1.
    A distorted or monstrous projection or representation of an image on a plane or curved surface, which, when viewed from a certain point, or as reflected from a curved mirror or through a polyhedron, appears regular and in proportion; a deformation of an image.(Persp.)
  2. 2.
    Same as Anamorphism, 2.(Biol.) See: Anamorphism
  3. 3.
    A morbid or monstrous development, or change of form, or degeneration.(Bot.)