Usually means: Distorted image fits wider screens.
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Definitions from Wikipedia (Anamorphic widescreen)

noun:  (also called full-height anamorphic or FHA) a process by which a widescreen image is horizontally compressed to fit into a storage medium (photographic film or MPEG-2 standard-definition frame, for example) with a narrower aspect ratio, reducing the horizontal resolution of the image while keeping its full original vertical resolution.


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