PERSPECTIVE


Meaning of PERSPECTIVE in English

■ noun

1》 the art of representing three-dimensional objects on a two-dimensional surface so as to convey the impression of height, width, depth, and relative distance.

↘the appearance of viewed objects with regard to their relative position, distance from the viewer, etc.: a trick of ~.

2》 a view or prospect.

3》 a particular way of regarding something.

4》 understanding of the relative importance of things: we must keep a sense of ~ about what he's done.

5》 an apparent spatial distribution in perceived sound.

Derivatives

perspectival adjective

Origin

ME (in the sense 'optics'): from med. L. perspectiva (ars) '(science of) optics', from perspect- , perspicere 'look at closely'.

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