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Noun: perspective  pu(r)'spek-tiv
  1. A way of regarding situations or topics etc.
    "consider what follows from the positivist perspective";
    - position, view
     
  2. The appearance of things relative to one another as determined by their distance from the viewer
    - linear perspective
     
  3. The technique of representing three-dimensional objects on a two-dimensional surface

Derived forms: perspectives

Type of: appearance, orientation, visual aspect

Encyclopedia: Perspective, Visual