Definition of "anamorphosis" []

• An image that appears distorted unless it is viewed from a special angle or with a special instrument. (noun)
• The production of such an image. (noun)
• Evolutionary increase in complexity of form and function. (noun)

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• "“Anamorph” is about a detective investigating a strange series of murders in which the killer uses a little known technique called anamorphosis to create an image that can only be seen from a certain angle as created by the killer/artist."
• "This process is called anamorphosis, which is simply a mathematical word meaning controlled transformation of shape."
• "Moreover, he confined this evolution in the strictest possible way to each group; he did not believe that what was called anamorphosis -- the transition of a lower type into a higher type -- ever occurred."