ANAGLYPH


Meaning of ANAGLYPH in English

ˈanəˌglif noun

( -s )

Etymology: Late Latin anaglyphus wrought in low relief, embossed, from Greek anaglyphos, from anaglyphein to emboss, from ana- + glyphein to carve — more at cleave

1. : any sculptured, chased, or embossed ornament worked in low relief (as a cameo)

2. : a stereoscopic motion or still picture in which the right component of a composite image usually red in color is superposed upon the left component in a contrasting color (as bluish green) to produce a three-dimensional effect when viewed through correspondingly colored filters in the form of spectacles

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.