Perspective (geometry)
WordNet

noun


(1)   The appearance of things relative to one another as determined by their distance from the viewer
(2)   A way of regarding situations or topics etc.
"Consider what follows from the positivist view"
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Etymology


Recorded since 1381 , from Old - or perspectiva ars "science of optics", the feminine of perspectivus "of sight, optical", from perspectus, the past participle of perspicere "to inspect, look through", itself from from per- "through" + specere "to look at"; the noun sense was influenaced or mediated by prospettiva, from prospetto 'prspect', itself from the above Latin prosecere

Noun



  1. A view, vista or outlook.
  2. The appearance of depth in objects, especially as perceived using binocular vision.
  3. The technique of representing three-dimensional objects on a two-dimensional surface.
  4. The choice of a single angle or point of view from which to sense, categorize, measure or codify experience.
  5. The ability to consider things in such relative perspective
  6. A perspective optical glass, as used in a telescope
  7. By analogy, sound recording technique to adjust and integrate sound sources seemingly naturally

Related terms

  • perspicacious
  • perspicacity
  • perspicuity
  • perspicuous
  • perspicuously

Adjective



  1. providing visual aid
  2. of, in or relating to perspective
 
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