Definition of PERSPECTIVE

perspective

Meanings

Plural: perspectives

Noun

  • a way of regarding situations or topics etc.
  • the appearance of things relative to one another as determined by their distance from the viewer
  • A view, vista or outlook.
  • The appearance of depth in objects, especially as perceived using binocular vision.
  • The technique of representing three-dimensional objects on a two-dimensional surface.
  • An artwork that represents three-dimensional objects in this way.
  • The choice of a single angle or point of view from which to sense, categorize, measure or codify experience.
  • The ability to consider things in such relative perspective.
  • A perspective glass.
  • A sound recording technique to adjust and integrate sound sources seemingly naturally.

Adj

  • Of, in or relating to perspective.
  • Providing visual aid; of or relating to the science of vision; optical.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English perspective, perspectif, attested since 1381, from Old French or Middle French, from the first word of the Medieval Latin perspectiva ars (“science of optics”), the feminine of Latin perspectivus (“of sight, optical”), from perspectus, the past participle of perspicere (“to inspect, look through”), itself from per- (“through”) + specere (“to look at”); the noun sense was influenced or mediated by Italian prospettiva, from prospetto (“prospect”).

Synonyms

linear perspective, position, view

Scrabble Score: 20

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Words With Friends Score: 24

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