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perspective

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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
  Perspective \Per*spec"tive\, n. [F. perspective, fr. perspectif:
     cf. It. perspettiva. See Perspective, a.]
     1. A glass through which objects are viewed. [Obs.] "Not a
        perspective, but a mirror." --Sir T. Browne.
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     2. That which is seen through an opening; a view; a vista.
        "The perspective of life." --Goldsmith.
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     3. The effect of distance upon the appearance of objects, by
        means of which the eye recognizes them as being at a more
        or less measurable distance. Hence, a["e]rial perspective,
        the assumed greater vagueness or uncertainty of outline in
        distant objects.
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              A["e]rial perspective is the expression of space by
              any means whatsoever, sharpness of edge, vividness
              of color, etc.                        --Ruskin.
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     4. 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.
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     5. A drawing in linear perspective.
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     Isometrical perspective, an inaccurate term for a
        mechanical way of representing objects in the direction of
        the diagonal of a cube.
  
     Perspective glass, a telescope which shows objects in the
        right position.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
  Perspective \Per*spec"tive\ (p[~e]r*sp[e^]k"t[i^]v), a. [L.
     perspicere, perspectum, to look through; per + spicere,
     specere, to look: cf. F. perspectif; or from E. perspective,
     n. See Spy, n.]
     1. Of or pertaining to the science of vision; optical. [Obs.]
        --Bacon.
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     2. Pertaining to the art, or in accordance with the laws, of
        perspective.
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     Perspective plane, the plane or surface on which the
        objects are delineated, or the picture drawn; the plane of
        projection; -- distinguished from the ground plane,
        which is that on which the objects are represented as
        standing. When this plane is oblique to the principal face
        of the object, the perspective is called oblique
        perspective; when parallel to that face, parallel
        perspective.
  
     Perspective shell (Zool.), any shell of the genus
        Solarium and allied genera. See Solarium.
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