Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An ornament carved in low relief.
- noun 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 The Century Dictionary.
- noun Any carving or art-work in relief, as distinguished from engraved incised work, or intaglio.
- noun In photography, a kind of picture, invented by Ducos du Hauron, with two images printed nearly in superposition, one in red and the other in greenish blue. On viewing this double image through a pair of eye-glasses, one blue and the other red, the image is seen stereoscopically.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Any sculptured, chased, or embossed ornament worked in low relief, as a cameo.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A decorative
ornament worked in low relief orbas relief , such as a piece ofcameo jewelry. - noun A matched pair of images designed to produce a
three-dimensional effect when viewed using spectacles that have usually one red and one bluish-green lens, corresponding to the colors of the pairs of images.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun anything carved in low relief
- noun moving or still pictures in contrasting colors that appear three-dimensional when superimposed
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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That technology, known as anaglyph, has recently been used with DVD versions of 3-D movies released in theaters.
Animators Envision 3-D TV at Home and Jerry DiColo 2009
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These waves of films - and previous attempts at 3D-television broadcasting - used what's known as the anaglyph method of imaging.
The Engineer - News 2010
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Adding to the confusion, some online commentators insist inaccurately that viewers can use old-fashioned red-and-blue "anaglyph" glasses.
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3D movies using this technology, called anaglyph 3D, can be viewed on any TV, as long as the viewer wears the glasses.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
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For example, the classic red-and-blue "anaglyph" 3D glasses achieved this effect by using the colored lenses to filter red light to one eye and blue light to the other.
PCWorld 2010
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During their game against the San Diego Chargers at Cowboys Stadium, the Cowboys will use the giant (160 by 72-foot) video wall that hangs 90 feet above the field to show 3D "anaglyph" images that will be created using HDLogix's 2D to 3D conversion system, ImageIQ3D.
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The so-called "anaglyph" technology is out of date and can distort colors but works with regular TVs.
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The so-called "anaglyph" technology is out of date and can distort colors but works with regular TVs.
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Problem is, the TV and print commercials use the same old 3-D technology that's been around since the 1950s - "anaglyph" glasses with blue and red cellophane lenses that make your brain re-focus blurry images to lend an impression of depth.
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There is even a technical description with fancy words like "anaglyph".
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
qms commented on the word anaglyph
When this age is done (and God speed!)
What monument fits Donald's deed?
A faint anaglyph
Carved in some cliff
In lowest relief fills the need.
August 28, 2017