Friday 24 January 2014

Perspective


per·spec·tive
n.

1.
a. A view or vista.
b. A mental view or outlook: "It is useful occasionally to look at the past
to gain a perspective on the present" (Fabian Linden).

2. The appearance of objects in depth as perceived by normal binocular vision.

3.
a. The relationship of aspects of a subject to each other and to a whole:
a perspective of history; a need to view the problem in the proper perspective.
b. Subjective evaluation of relative significance; a point of view: the
perspective of the displaced homemaker.
c. The ability to perceive things in their actual interrelations or comparative
importance: tried to keep my perspective throughout the crisis.

4. The technique of representing three-dimensional objects and depth relationships
on a two-dimensional surface.

adj.
Of, relating to, seen, or represented in perspective.

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