Perspective
[pə'spektɪv] or [pɚ'spɛktɪv]
Definition
(noun.) the appearance of things relative to one another as determined by their distance from the viewer.
Editor: Rae--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) Of or pertaining to the science of vision; optical.
(n.) Pertaining to the art, or in accordance with the laws, of perspective.
(a.) A glass through which objects are viewed.
(a.) That which is seen through an opening; a view; a vista.
(a.) 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.
(a.) 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.
(a.) A drawing in linear perspective.
Typist: Weldon
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Vista, prospect, view.
Edited by Bessie
Definition
n. a view or a vista: the art of drawing objects on a plane surface so as to give the picture the same appearance to the eye as the objects themselves: just proportion in all the parts: a telescope or field-glass: a picture in perspective.—adj. pertaining or according to perspective.—adv. Perspec′tively.—ns. Perspec′tograph an instrument for indicating correctly the points and outlines of objects; Perspectog′raphy the science of perspective or of delineating it.—Perspective plane the surface on which the picture of the objects to be represented in perspective is drawn.—In perspective according to the laws of perspective.
Edited by Cary
Examples
- If a girl, doll or no doll, swoons within a yard or two of a man's nose, he can see it without a perspective-glass. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Mr Merdle and his noble guest persisted in prowling about at opposite ends of the perspective. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Archer had the nocturnal perspective of Fifth Avenue almost to himself. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Here is a long passage--what an enormous perspective I make of it! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- I saw those two together, in a bright perspective, such well-associated friends, each adorning the other so much! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Oh, Freddy---- Rosedale brushed aside the topic with an air of its unimportance which gave a sense of the immense perspective he had acquired. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- It takes a long perspective and no very vivid acquaintance with revolution to be melodramatic about it. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Every outline is harsh, every feature is distinct, there is no perspective--distance works no enchantment here. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- And such was the return to which he had looked through the weary perspective of many years, and for which he had undergone so much suffering! Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- But in perspective there can be little question that of all governments democracy is the most relevant. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- In Fig. 247 is shown a perspective view of Blanchard’s lathe, as patented January 20, 1820. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- As I could obtain a perspective view of Mr. Omer inside, smoking his pipe by the parlour door, I entered, and asked him how he was. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- And that he has spoken well, who in the perspective of time will deny? Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- It looms larger in perspective. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- An open door afforded a perspective view of the Aged in bed. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Vast perspectives of success unroll themselves before my eyes. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Everywhere else the mind is distracted and misled by false valuations and false perspectives. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
Typed by Lisa