■ noun
1》 a particular part or feature.
↘a particular appearance or quality.
2》 the positioning of a building in a particular direction.
↘the side of a building facing a particular direction.
3》 Grammar a category or form of a verb which expresses a feature of the action related to time, such as completion or duration.
4》 Astrology any of a number of particular angular relationships between one celestial body or point on the ecliptic and another.
■ verb Astrology (of a planet) form an ~ with (another celestial body).
Derivatives
~ual adjective
Origin
ME: from L. ~us , from aspicere 'look at'.