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Anamorphosis

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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(a Gr. word, derived from avlc, back, and pop4 , form: the second o in the Greek is long, but in English the pronunciation varies), a deformation or distortion of appearance; in drawing, the representation of an object as seen, for instance, altered by reflexion in a mirror; in botany, e.g. in the case of fungi or lichens, an abnormal change giving the appearance of a different species.

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Anamorphosis'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​a/anamorphosis.html. 1910.
 
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