aspect
Meaning
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- Any specific feature, part, or element of something.
- The way something appears when viewed from a certain direction or perspective.
- The way something appears when considered from a certain point of view.
- A phase or a partial, but significant view or description of something.
- One's appearance or expression.
- 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.
- Prospect; outlook.
- A grammatical quality of a verb which determines the relationship of the speaker to the internal temporal flow of the event which the verb describes, or whether the speaker views the event from outside as a whole, or from within as it is unfolding.
- The relative position of heavenly bodies as they appear to an observer on earth; the angular relationship between points in a horoscope.
- The personified manifestation of a deity that represents one or more of its characteristics or functions.
- (obsolete) The act of looking at something; gaze.
- (obsolete) Appearance to the eye or the mind; look; view.
- In aspect-oriented programming, a feature or component that can be applied to parts of a program independent of any inheritance hierarchy.
- The visual indication of a colour light (or mechanical) signal as displayed to the driver. With three-aspect colour light signals this would be red, yellow or green, and on four-aspect signals, double-yellow also; a two-aspect signal displays red or green.
Concepts
aspect
appearance
look
view
sight
side
facet
point of view
expression
form
phase
perspective
face
countenance
mien
feature
point
viewpoint
semblance
respect
angle
air
flank
trait
features
looks
bearing
attitude
characteristic
prospect
standpoint
visage
situation
direction
exposure
orientation
phenomenon
state
figure
part
slant
outlook
facial expression
panorama
scene
vista
field
guise
pace
speed
velocity
color
dye
paint
tint
facial features
checkerboard
suitability
tendency
argument
sense
statement
behaviour
conduct
demeanour
manner
view point
another point of view
idea
notion
reflection
thought
gist
issue
keystone
inflection
mode
mood
posture
gaze
favour
immaculate appearance
moment
neat appearance
trim
manifestation
colour
colouring shade of meaning
nuance
lateral face
lateral surface profile plane
side face
signal aspect
aspection
seasonal aspect
heading
sample
shape
image
sector
position
tense
or mood
parameterization
symptom
stance
stand
attribute
property
landscape
scenery
flat surface
plane
contour
profile
side view
complexion
appear
seem
Frequency
Hyphenated as
as‧pect
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈæspɛkt/
Etymology
From Middle English aspect, from Latin aspectus (“look, sight; appearance”), from aspiciō (“see; catch sight of; inspect”), from ad- (“to, towards, at”) + speciō (“look, look at, behold; observe”).
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