anamorphoscope

English

Etymology

From anamorphosis +‎ -scope.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ænəˈmɔːfəskəʊp/

Noun

anamorphoscope (plural anamorphoscopes)

1. A mirrored device which gives a correct image of an anamorphosis.
   • 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 280:

     The classical anamorphoscopes, he went on to explain, were mirrors, cylindrical or conical, usually, which when placed on or otherwise near a deliberately distorted picture, and viewed from the appropriate direction, would make the image appear “normal” again.