anaglyph

anaglyph
anaglyphic, anaglyphical, anaglyptic /an'euh glip"tik/, anaglyptical, adj.anaglyphy /euh nag"leuh fee, an"euh glif'ee/, n.
/an"euh glif/, n.
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.
[1645-55; < Gk anáglyphos wrought in low relief. See ANA-, GLYPH]

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