Aspect

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A particular look or facial expression; mien: "He was serious of aspect but wholly undistinguished” ( Louis Auchincloss).
  • n. Appearance to the eye, especially from a specific vantage point.
  • n. A way in which something can be viewed by the mind: looked at all aspects of the situation. See Synonyms at phase.
  • n. A position facing or commanding a given direction; exposure.
  • n. A side or surface facing in a particular direction: the ventral aspect of the body.
  • n. The configuration of the stars or planets in relation to one another.
  • n. This configuration, thought by astrologers to influence human affairs.
  • n. Grammar A category of the verb designating primarily the relation of the action to the passage of time, especially in reference to completion, duration, or repetition.
  • n. Archaic An act of looking or gazing.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The way something appears when viewed in a certain manner.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The act of looking; vision; gaze; glance.
  • n. Look, or particular appearance of the face; countenance; mien; air.
  • n. Appearance to the eye or the mind; look; view.
  • n. Position or situation with regard to seeing; that position which enables one to look in a particular direction; position in relation to the points of the compass.
  • n. Prospect; outlook.
  • n. The situation of planets or stars with respect to one another, or the angle formed by the rays of light proceeding from them and meeting at the eye; the joint look of planets or stars upon each other or upon the earth.
  • n. The influence of the stars for good or evil.
  • n. A view of a plane from a given direction, usually from above; more exactly, the manner of presentation of a plane to a fluid through which it is moving or to a current. If an immersed plane meets a current of fluid long side foremost, or in broadside aspect, it sustains more pressure than when placed short side foremost. Hence, long narrow wings are more effective than short broad ones of the same area.
  • v. To behold; to look at.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The act of seeing, or of looking at anything; view; gaze; glance; look.
  • n. Countenance; look or particular appearance of the face; mien; air: as, a mild or severe aspect.
  • n. Appearance to the eye or mind; look: as, the physical aspect of the country.
  • n. One of the ways in which a thing may be viewed or contemplated: as, to present an object or a subject in its true aspect; in a double aspect; a favorable aspect.
  • n. Practical bearing or reference.
  • n. View commanded; prospect; outlook.
  • n. [Now used in this sense mainly with reference to the points of the compass: as, a house has a southern aspect or exposure.]
  • n. In astrology, the relative positions of the planets as they appear at any given time to an observer upon the earth; the combined look of the heavenly bodies from the earth.
  • n. In heraldry, the position of an animal with reference to the spectator.
  • To behold; look upon.
  • n. In forestry, the direction toward which a slope faces. The eight main points of the compass, north, northeast, east, southeast, south, southwest, west, northwest, are distinguished in forest description. Also called exposure.
  • n. In logic, the concept of a compound object, or this object itself, resulting from mentally connecting a definite conception to an indefinite or partially indesignate object, the compound being regarded as identical with the previously indefinite object.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a distinct feature or element in a problem
  • n. the feelings expressed on a person's face
  • n. the visual percept of a region
  • n. the beginning or duration or completion or repetition of the action of a verb
  • n. a characteristic to be considered
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    vision    gaze    glance    countenance    mien    air    look    view    prospect    outlook   
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    Words that are found in similar contexts
    feature    element    appearance    development    concept    possibility    method    characteristic    vision