perspective
Etymology
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Etymology
From Middle English perspective, attested since 1381, from Old French - or Middle French -, from the first word of the Medieval Latin perspectiva, the feminine of Latin perspectivus, 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").
Pronunciation- (America) IPA: /pɚˈspɛk.tɪv/
perspective
- A view, vista or outlook.
- The appearance of depth in objects, especially as perceived using binocular vision.
- The technique of representing three-dimensional objects on a two-dimensional surface.
- (dated) An artwork that represents three-dimensional objects in this way.
- (figuratively) The choice of a single angle or point of view from which to sense, categorize, measure or codify experience.
- The ability to consider things in such relative perspective.
- A perspective glass.
- 1645, Joseph Hall, The Peace-Maker:
- […] our predecessors; who could never have believed, that there were such lunets about some of the planets, as our late perspectives have descried […]
- A sound recording technique to adjust and integrate sound sources seemingly naturally.
- German: Aussicht
- Italian: prospettiva
- Portuguese: perspectiva (Brazil), perspetiva (Portugal)
- Russian: перспекти́ва
- Spanish: perspectiva
- German: Perspektive
- Italian: prospettiva
- Portuguese: perspectiva (Brazil), perspetiva (Portugal)
- Russian: перспекти́ва
- Spanish: perspectiva
- German: Perspektive
- Italian: prospettiva
- Portuguese: perspectiva (Brazil), perspetiva (Portugal)
- Russian: перспекти́ва
- Spanish: perspectiva
- German: Perspektive
- Italian: prospettiva
- Portuguese: perspectiva (Brazil), perspetiva (Portugal)
- Russian: перспекти́ва
perspective (not comparable)
- Of, in or relating to perspective.
- a perspective drawing
- (obsolete) Providing visual aid; of or relating to the science of vision; optical.
- 1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Seeming Wise”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC ↗:
- perspective glasses
- French: perspectif
- Portuguese: perspectivo, perspéctico
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