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Anamorphosis   Listen
noun
Anamorphosis  n.  
1.
(Persp.) 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.
(Biol.) Same as Anamorphism, 2.
3.
(Bot.) A morbid or monstrous development, or change of form, or degeneration.






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"Anamorphosis" Quotes from Famous Books



... and bodies, eternally to enjoy divine glory in the presence of the Supreme Being. He alleges that the Jews alone preserve the doctrine of the unity of God. Yet their God would be deemed a very indifferent man with us: and it was to correct their anamorphosis of the Deity, that Jesus preached, as well as to establish the doctrine of a future state. However, Levi insists, that that was taught in the Old Testament, and even by Moses himself and the prophets. He agrees that an anointed ...
— Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson - Volume I • Thomas Jefferson



Words linked to "Anamorphosis" :   anamorphism, copy, evolution, phylogeny, phylogenesis, organic evolution



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