perspective

A view, vista or outlook.

Adjective

  1. Of, in or relating to perspective.
    • a perspective drawing
  2. Providing visual aid; of or relating to the science of vision; optical.
    • perspective glasses - 1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Seeming Wise”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC:

Origin

From Middle English perspective, perspectif, attested since 1381, from Old French or Middle French, from the first word of the Medieval Latin perspectiva ars (“science of optics”), the feminine of Latin perspectivus (“of sight, optical”), from perspectus, the past participle of perspicere (“to inspect, look through”), itself from per- (“through”) + specere (“to look at”); the noun sense was influenced or mediated by Italian prospettiva, from prospetto (“prospect”).

Related

omnispective

Noun

  1. A view, vista or outlook.
    • And according to Hughes, HM Treasury is still sceptical about rail electrification. "It's not because they don't see electrification as a good thing, but I think when you look at it from the UK-wide perspective, if you...
  2. The appearance of depth in objects, especially as perceived using binocular vision.
  3. The technique of representing three-dimensional objects on a two-dimensional surface.
  4. An artwork that represents three-dimensional objects in this way.
  5. The choice of a single angle or point of view from which to sense, categorize, measure or codify experience.
  6. The ability to consider things in such relative perspective.
  7. A perspective glass.
    • […] our predecessors; who could never have believed, that there were such lunets about some of the planets, as our late perspectives have descried […] - 1645, Joseph Hall, The Peace-Maker:
  8. A sound recording technique to adjust and integrate sound sources seemingly naturally.

Forms

perspectives

Hyponyms

linear perspective metaperspective microperspective

Related

atmospheric perspective forced perspective in perspective isometric perspective perspectograph perspectography perspicacious perspicacity perspicuity perspicuous perspicuously put something into perspective two-point perspective

Derived

aerial perspective bioperspective macroperspective mixed perspective multiperspective perspectival perspectivation perspectiveless perspectively perspectivic perspectivism perspectivist perspectivistic perspectivity perspectivization point-projection perspective side-perspective twisted perspective