noun a perspective glass.
2. prospective ·noun the scene before or around, in time or in space; view; prospect.
3. prospective ·noun of or pertaining to a prospect; furnishing a prospect; perspective.
4. prospective ·noun looking forward in time; acting with foresight;
opposed to retrospective.
5. prospective ·noun being within view or consideration, as a future event or contingency; relating to the future: expected; as, a prospective benefit.