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anaglyph

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an⋅a⋅glyph

  [an-uh-glif]
–noun
1. an ornament sculptured or embossed in low relief, as a cameo.
2. Optics. a composite picture printed in two colors that produces a three-dimensional image when viewed through spectacles having lenses of corresponding colors.
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Origin:
1645–55; < Gk anáglyphos wrought in low relief. See ana-, glyph

Related forms:
an⋅a⋅glyph⋅ic, an⋅a⋅glyph⋅i⋅cal, an⋅a⋅glyp⋅tic  [an-uh-glip-tik] , an⋅a⋅glyp⋅ti⋅cal, adjective
a⋅nag⋅ly⋅phy  [uh-nag-luh-fee, an-uh-glif-ee] , noun
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an·a·glyph   (ān'ə-glĭf')   
n.  

  1. An ornament carved in low relief.

  2. A moving or still picture consisting of two slightly different perspectives of the same subject in contrasting colors that are superimposed on each other, producing a three-dimensional effect when viewed through two correspondingly colored filters.


[From Late Latin anaglyphus, carved in low relief, from Greek anagluphos : ana-, ana- + gluphein, to carve; see gleubh- in Indo-European roots.]
an'a·glyph'ic, an'a·glyp'tic (-glĭp'tĭk) adj.
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