Dictionary Definition
perspective
Noun
1 a way of regarding situations or topics etc.;
"consider what follows from the positivist view" [syn: position, view]
2 the appearance of things relative to one
another as determined by their distance from the viewer [syn:
linear
perspective]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
Noun
- 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.
- The choice of a single point of view from which to sense, categorize, measure or codify experience.
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
a view, vista or outlook
- German: Aussicht
- Portuguese: perspectiva
- Russian: перспектива (p'ersp'ektíva) , вид (vid) , обзор (obzór) , ракурс (rákurs)
the appearance of depth in objects
- German: Perspektive
- Portuguese: perspectiva
- Russian: перспектива (p'ersp'ektíva)
the technique of representing three-dimensional
objects on a two-dimensional surface
- German: Perspektive
- Portuguese: perspectiva
- Russian: перспектива (p'ersp'ektíva) , проекция (projékcija)
the choice of a single point of view
- German: Perspektive
- Portuguese: perspectiva
- Russian: перспектива (p'ersp'ektíva)
- ttbc Dutch: perspectief
- ttbc French: perspective
- ttbc Spanish: perspectiva
Extensive Definition
Perspective may mean: Literally, in visual
topics:
- Perspective (visual), is the way in which objects appear to the eye
- Perspective (graphical), means to represent the effects of visual perspective in drawings
Metaphorically, in relation to cognitive topics:
- Perspective (cognitive), one's "point of view", the choice of a context for opinions, beliefs and experiences
- Perspective (pharmacoeconomic), the vantage point from which a pharmacoeconomics analysis is conducted
- Point of view (literature), the related experience of the narrator
- Perspective (psychological), or wisdom
Proper names:
- Perspective (album), released by Jason Becker in 1996
- Perspective (software), a Wiki software written in C# that runs in ASP.NET
- Perspective Records, a record label
- Perspectives on Anarchist Theory, a magazine
- Perspective (Band), independent rock group from Memphis, Tennessess
In mathematics:
- Perspective (geometry), a property of triangles
See also
perspective in Spanish: Perspectiva
perspective in French: Perspective
perspective in Ido: Perspektivo
perspective in Macedonian: Перспектива
perspective in Dutch: Perspectief
perspective in Polish: Perspektywa
(ujednoznacznienie)
perspective in Portuguese: Perspectiva
perspective in Simple English: Perspective
perspective in Swedish: Perspektiv
perspective in Yiddish: פערספעקטיוו
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
aesthetic distance, airscape, angle, approach, arrangement, atmosphere, attitude, balance, base, brushwork, cityscape, clearance, cloudscape, color, command, compass, composition, deep space,
depths of space, design,
distance, divergence, domination, draftsmanship, extent, eyereach, eyeshot, eyesight, farness, field of view, field of
vision, footing,
ground, grouping, horizon, infinity, ken, landscape, leeway, length, light-years, limit of
vision, line, line of
sight, lookout, margin, mileage, naked eye, outlook, outlook over, painterliness, panorama, parsecs, piece, point of view, position, post, prospect, range, reach, remoteness, riverscape, scan, scape, scene, scenery, scenic view, scope, scope of vision, seascape, seat, sentiment, separation, shading, shadow, sight, sightliness, skyscape, space, span, stand, standing, standpoint, station, status, stretch, stride, survey, sweep, technique, tone, townscape, treatment, values, vantage point, venue, view, viewpoint, vista, waterscape, way, ways