anamorphoscope

[an-uh-mawr-fuh-skohp]

an·a·mor·pho·scope

[an-uh-mawr-fuh-skohp]
noun
a curved mirror or other optical device for giving a correct image of a picture or the like distorted by anamorphosis.

Origin:
1880–85; anamorpho(sis) + -scope
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Anamorphoscope has a plethora of syllables.
So is supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. Does it mean:
(used as a nonsense word by children to express approval or to represent the longest word in English.)
the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language).
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anamorphoscope (ˌænəˈmɔːfəˌskəʊp)
 
n
an optical device, such as a cylindrical lens, for correcting an image that has been distorted by anamorphosis

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