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Definitions for foreshorten
fɔrˈʃɔr tn, foʊr-fore·short·en

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduceverb

    reduce in scope while retaining essential elements

    "The manuscript must be shortened"

  2. foreshortenverb

    shorten lines in a drawing so as to create an illusion of depth

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. To Foreshortenverb

    To shorten figures for the sake of shewing those behind.

    Etymology: fore and shorten.

    The greatest parts of the body ought to appear foremost; and he forbids the foreshortenings, because they make the parts appear little. John Dryden, Dufresnoy.

Wikipedia

  1. foreshorten

    Linear or point-projection perspective (from Latin: perspicere 'to see through') is one of two types of graphical projection perspective in the graphic arts; the other is parallel projection. Linear perspective is an approximate representation, generally on a flat surface, of an image as it is seen by the eye. Perspective drawing is useful for representing a three-dimensional scene in a two-dimensional medium, like paper. The most characteristic features of linear perspective are that objects appear smaller as their distance from the observer increases, and that they are subject to foreshortening, meaning that an object's dimensions along the line of sight appear shorter than its dimensions across the line of sight. All objects will recede to points in the distance, usually along the horizon line, but also above and below the horizon line depending on the view used. Italian Renaissance painters and architects including Filippo Brunelleschi, Leon Battista Alberti, Masaccio, Paolo Uccello, Piero della Francesca and Luca Pacioli studied linear perspective, wrote treatises on it, and incorporated it into their artworks.

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  1. foreshorten

    Foreshorten means to reduce or decrease the length, duration, or scale of something. It is often used in the context of visual perspective in art, where an object or body part is depicted shorter than it actually is to give the illusion of depth or distance.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Foreshortenverb

    to represent on a plane surface, as if extended in a direction toward the spectator or nearly so; to shorten by drawing in perspective

  2. Foreshortenverb

    fig.: To represent pictorially to the imagination

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of foreshorten in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of foreshorten in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8


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