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 Definitions of Perspective  [ərˈspɛk tɪv]  

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Definition of 'Perspective' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) perspective
a technique of depicting volumes and spatial relationships on a flat surface.

2.  perspective
a picture employing this technique.

3.  perspective
a visible scene, esp. one extending to a distance; vista.

4.  perspective
the manner in which objects appear to the eye in respect to their relative positions and distance.

5.  perspective
one's mental view of facts, ideas, etc., and their interrelationships:
to have a clear perspective of a situation.

6.  perspective
the ability to see all the relevant data in a meaningful relationship.

7.  perspective
a mental view or prospect.

8. (adj.) perspective
of perspective, or represented according to its laws.


Definition of 'Perspective' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) position, view, perspective
a way of regarding situations or topics etc.
"consider what follows from the positivist view"

2. (noun) perspective, linear perspective
the appearance of things relative to one another as determined by their distance from the viewer


Definition of 'Perspective' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) perspective
sb's view
my perspective on life; Try to see things from David's perspective.

2.  perspective
the ability to judge sth in a sensible or logical way
a sense of perspective; He seems to have lost all perspective.; It is hard for people who suddenly become rich to keep things in perspective.

3.  perspective
keep sth in perspective
drawing things so that they have the correct or natural relationship to each other
The perspective in the painting is not quite right.


Definition of 'Perspective' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) Perspective
a glass through which objects are viewed

2. (adj) Perspective
that which is seen through an opening; a view; a vista

3. (adj) Perspective
the effect of distance upon the appearance of objects, by means of which the eye recognized them as being at a more or less measurable distance. Hence, aerial perspective, the assumed greater vagueness or uncertainty of outline in distant objects

4. (adj) Perspective
the art and the science of so delineating objects that they shall seem to grow smaller as they recede from the eye; -- called also linear perspective

5. (adj) Perspective
a drawing in linear perspective

6. (noun) Perspective
of or pertaining to the science of vision; optical

7. (noun) Perspective
pertaining to the art, or in accordance with the laws, of perspective


Translation of 'Perspective' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: the way of drawing solid objects, natural scenes etc on a flat surface, so that they appear to have the correct shape, distance from each other etc
Early medieval paintings lacked perspective.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: perspektief Arabic flag Arabic: رَسْم منْظوري Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: перспектива
Brazilian flag Brazilian: perspectiva Czech flag Czech: perspektiva German flag German: die Perspektive
Danish flag Danish: perspektiv Greek flag Greek: προοπτική Spanish flag Spanish: perspectiva
Estonian flag Estonian: perspektiiv Farsi flag Farsi: بعد نمایی Finnish flag Finnish: perspektiivi
French flag French: perspective Hebrew flag Hebrew: פֶּרספֶּקטִיבָה Hindi flag Hindi: परिप्रेक्ष्य
Croatian flag Croatian: perspektive Hungarian flag Hungarian: távlati ábrázolás Indonesian flag Indonesian: perspektif
Icelandic flag Icelandic: fjarvídd, dÿptarsÿn Italian flag Italian: prospettiva Japanese flag Japanese: 遠近画法
Korean flag Korean: 원근법 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: perspektyva Latvian flag Latvian: perspektīva
Malay flag Malay: perspektif Dutch flag Dutch: perspectief Norwegian flag Norwegian: perspektiv
Polish flag Polish: perspektywa Persian flag Persian: بعد نمایی Pashto flag Pashto: انځورپوهنه، دپېښو او شيان
Portuguese flag Portuguese: perspectiva Romanian flag Romanian: perspec­tivă Russian flag Russian: перспектива
Slovak flag Slovak: perspektíva Slovenian flag Slovenian: perspektiva Serbian flag Serbian: perspektiva
Swedish flag Swedish: perspektivritning, perspe Thai flag Thai: เทคนิควาดภาพแบบที่มีสัดส่ Turkish flag Turkish: perspektif
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 透視畫法 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: перспектива Urdu flag Urdu: ظاہري تناسب
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: hình phối cảnh Chinese flag Chinese: 透视画法

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