[f. Gr. ἐν in + ὀρθό-ς upright + -τροπ-ος turning.] A toy consisting of a card on which confused objects are transformed into various figures or pictures, by causing it to revolve rapidly.
In mod. Dicts.
1836. Athenæum, 10 Dec., 874/1. The Enorthotrope, which, by a turn of a magic circle, transforms deformity into beauty, and unintelligible figures into interesting pictures.