Meaning of perspective | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Perspective, viewpoint.
2. A view, vista or outlook.
   countable, uncountable
3. The appearance of depth in objects, especially as perceived using binocular vision.
   countable, uncountable
4. The technique of representing three-dimensional objects on a two-dimensional surface.
   countable, uncountable
5. An artwork that represents three-dimensional objects in this way.
   countable, dated, uncountable
6. The choice of a single angle or point of view from which to sense, categorize, measure or codify experience.
   countable, figuratively, uncountable
7. The ability to consider things in such relative perspective.
   countable, uncountable
8. A perspective glass.
   countable, uncountable
9. A sound recording technique to adjust and integrate sound sources seemingly naturally.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“And according to Hughes, HM Treasury is still sceptical about rail electrification. "It's not because they don't see electrification as a good thing, but I think when you look at it from the UK-wide perspective, if you have £x billion to spend on decarbonisation, you don't necessarily start with rail. Rail's not where you get the biggest bang for the buck in terms of decarbonisation."”

“[…] our predecessors; who could never have believed, that there were such lunets about some of the planets, as our late perspectives have descried […]”

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