anamorphosis

anamorphosis has 5 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 12.

Definitions

• 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.
• n.. Same as Anamorphism, 2.
• n.. A morbid or monstrous development, or change of form, or degeneration.
• n.. a distorted projection or perspective; especially an image distorted in such a way that it becomes visible only when viewed in a special manner
• n.. the evolution of one type of organism from another by a long series of gradual changes