An optical system having different magnifications in the horizontal and vertical dimensions of the image. Basically, special camera lenses squeeze the image horizontally at the time of exposure. This [..]

1904, in geology; see anamorphosis + -ic. Cinematographic use dates from 1954.

See Instead 2.35:1

related to different optical imaging effects; refers to a method of intentionally distorting and creating a wide screen image with standard film, using a conversion process or a special lens on the ca [..]

The asexual or imperfect stage in a fungus life cycle. anaphase

An optical system having different magnifications in the horizontal and vertical dimensions of the image.

Used to differentiate a 16x9 widescreen picture which fills the whole frame, from a 16x9 letterbox with blank lines at the top and bottom of the frame. The US does not recognise anamorphic in the context of television - their equivalent term is 16x9 full frame.

(adj) pertaining to gradual evolution from one type of organism to another(adj) pertaining to a kind of distorting optical system

Method of creating a wide screen image with standard film, using a special lens on the camera and projector, which compresses the width of the image exposed on the film and then expands it when projec [..]

   A wide screen format based on lenses which optically squeeze the picture, which is then unsqueezed in the projector to produce a wider image whose aspect ratio is 2.35:1.

An optical system having different magnifications in the horizontal and vertical dimensions of the image. Basically, special camera lenses squeeze the image horizontally at the time of exposure. This 2-to-1 squeeze uses as much of the negative available and still allows room for an optical sound track on the release print. The print is un-squeezed [..]

A film image horizontally compressed by a special lens to fit the width of a standard Academy ratio film frame then expanded during projection to its normal width and appearance on the screen. The ver [..]

This term is used, and often misused, in a variety of ways. To the laymen it is most easily described in terms of a DVD or image that has been condensed horizontally in order that the source component [..]

producing various optically distorted images (mycology) of or relating to the anamorph, an asexual stage in the development of certain fungi