perspective

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  1. noun A view or vista.
  2. noun A mental view or outlook: "It is useful occasionally to look at the past to gain a perspective on the present” (Fabian Linden).
  3. noun The appearance of objects in depth as perceived by normal binocular vision.
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  • I think, however, that even if the world had not changed and even if I had met Holmes as a young man, my portraits of him would still be strikingly different from those painted by the good Dr. Watson. Watson always saw his friend Holmes from a position of inferiority, and his perspective was always shaped by this. —  The Beekeeper’s Apprentice - Laurie R. King - Russell-Holmes 01
  • Thus, her perspective was all her own, with the focus on politics though she drew analogies from both literature and history. —  Loretta Chase - The English Witch
  • Rather, they struggle to get by through culture clashes, and their perspective is a dark one in a world swung too far in the other direction. —  Strange Horizons, Dec '01
  • Although the author of the perspective is a huge fan of open access models like Creative Commons, the perspective (unintentionally) highlights many of the problems caused by the proliferation of online material. —  Ars Technica
  • I think your perspective is absolutely unique (in that you travel so much) and needs to be heard at length. —  A Twist of Word and Mind
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  1. Middle English, science of optics (influenced by French perspective, perspective), from Medieval Latin perspectīva (ars), feminine of perspectīvus, optical, from perspectus, past participle of perspicere, to inspect : per-, per- + specere, to look; see spek- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. I. a. from French perspectif = Provencal perspectiu = Spanish Portuguese perspectivo = Italian prospettivo, from Middle Latin as if *perspectivus, from Latin perspectus, past participle of perspicere, see through, from per, through, + specere, see. II. n. from French perspective, the perspective art, = Spanish Portuguese perspectiva = Italian perspettiva = Dutch perspektief = German perspective = Swedish Danish perspektiv, from Middle Latin *perspectiva, feminine (sc. ars) of *perspectivus: see above.
 

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/pərˈspɛktɪv/
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