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Definition of Anamorphic

1. Adjective. Pertaining to gradual evolution from one type of organism to another.

2. Adjective. Pertaining to a kind of distorting optical system. "An anamorphic lense"

Definition of Anamorphic

1. Adjective. producing various optically distorted images ¹

2. Adjective. of or relating to the gradual evolution of different types of organism ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Anamorphic

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Anamorphic

analyzes analyzing analyzing rod analyzis anammox anamneses anamnesis anamnestic anamnestic reaction anamnestic response

anamnionic anamniotic anamonic anamonics anamorphic (current term) anamorphism anamorphisms anamorphoscope anamorphoscopes anamorphoses

anamorphosis anamorphosy anamorphs anan anana ananaphylaxis ananas ananases

Literary usage of Anamorphic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Metamorphic Geology: A Text-book by Charles Kenneth Leith, Warren Judson Mead (1915)
"Neither are they distinctively anamorphic, but, as they occur under distinctively anamorphic conditions and in anamorphic associations, they are described ..."

2. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1908)
"In this paper I shall attempt to show that the metasomatic processes must have taken place, not in the surface-zone but in the anamorphic zone, and that the ..."

3. A Handbook of Rocks for Use Without the Microscope by James Furman Kemp (1918)
"anamorphic, a term coined by CR Van Hise in discussing the processes of ... The components, descending in solution, are precipitated as anamorphic minerals ..."

4. Ore-deposits: A Sequel to the 2d Ed. of "The Genesis of Ore-deposits," by by Samuel Franklin Emmons, František Pošepný, George Ferdinand Becker, John Duer Irving, H. DeWitt Smith, Henry Gardiner Ferguson (1913)
"In this paper I shall attempt to show that the metasomatic processes must have taken place, not in the surface-zone but in the anamorphic zone, and that the ..."

5. Bi-monthly Bulletin of the American Institute of Mining Engineers by American Institute of Mining Engineers (1907)
"In this paper I shall attempt to show that the metasomatic processes must have taken place, not in the surface-zone but in the anamorphic zone, and that the ..."

6. Small Business Innovation Research: Abstracts of Phase I Awards, Dept. of by DIANE Publishing Company (1994)
"These applications make use of diffractive optical elements for anamorphic beam transformations and microoptics functions that include agile beam steering. ..."

7. The Journal of Geology by University of Chicago Department of Geology and Paleontology (1907)
"The part taken in the metamorphic cycle by contact action of igneous rocks is most conspicuous in the anamorphic or constructive phases of the cycle, ..."

8. Field Geology by Frederic Henry Lahee (1917)
"A comparatively weak rock, like shale, may have undergone anamorphic changes at a moderate depth; but if all the rocks in a formation, even the most ..."

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