ANAMORPHOSIS

n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
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 as reflected from a curved mirror or through a polyhedron, appears regular and in proportion; a deformation of an image.

2.
n.

Same as Anamorphism, 2.

3.
n.

A morbid or monstrous development, or change of form, or degeneration.