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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
an′amor′phic lens′,  Motion Pictures, Optics.
  1. Cinema, Opticsa compound lens or system of lenses that compresses the camera image in the horizontal direction during filming, so that a wide-screen image can fit on the width of conventional 35-mm film.
  2. Cinema, Opticsa similar system used in projection that horizontally expands the compressed image back to its original wide-screen aspect ratio.
  • 1950–55

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