anamorphic

adjective

ana·​mor·​phic ˌa-nə-ˈmȯr-fik 

: producing, relating to, or marked by intentional distortion (as by unequal magnification along perpendicular axes) of an image

an anamorphic lens

Examples of anamorphic in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

There’s incredible technological developments around better screens, better signage, anamorphic billboards—really cool, fun executions that stand out and are bigger and bolder than anything else. —Megan Poinski, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025

Avoiding the vivid sharpness of a modern digital documentary and the contrasty look of the overhead sun on a cross-country trip, Greenbaum and White leaned into using older Cooke anamorphic lenses. —Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 25 Aug. 2025

Some kits also include an anamorphic lens to give your photos or videos a Hollywood-style look. —Bestreviews, Mercury News, 25 June 2025

Mendonça shot the film digitally, using vintage camera equipment to achieve a high-contrast, anamorphic widescreen look consistent with that era. —Peter Debruge, Variety, 18 May 2025

Word History

Etymology

probably borrowed from French anamorphique, derivative (by analogy with other derivatives with -morphique -morphic) of anamorphose "anamorphosis (image produced by a distorting optical system)," borrowed from New Latin anamorphosis, probably from Greek ana- ana- + -morphōsis (as in metamórphōsis "transformation, metamorphosis")

Note: The New Latin word anamorphosis in reference to optical distortion was apparently introduced by the German Jesuit scientific writer Gaspar Schott (1608-66) in his Magia universalis naturae et artis (Würzburg, 1657), p. 100 ff.

First Known Use

1875, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for anamorphic

• automorphic
• geomorphic
• holomorphic
• homomorphic
• isomorphic
• meromorphic
• metamorphic
• monomorphic
• polymorphic
• anthropomorphic
• homeomorphic
• dimorphic