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Definition of Perspective
Perspective

Of or pertaining to the science of vision; optical.

Pertaining to the art, or in accordance with the laws, of perspective.

A glass through which objects are viewed.

That which is seen through an opening; a view; a vista.

The effect of distance upon the appearance of objects, by means of which the eye recognized them as being at a more or less measurable distance. Hence, aerial perspective, the assumed greater vagueness or uncertainty of outline in distant objects.

The art and the science of so delineating objects that they shall seem to grow smaller as they recede from the eye; -- called also linear perspective.

A drawing in linear perspective.

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Perspective Quotations

Time puts things in proper perspective.
Cameron Crowe

My perspective is that you should be IN the world, but not OF the world.
Dave Davies

It makes you more open, it gives you perspective, having a child.
Tracey Ullman

I still write the same way and have the same perspective.
Kenneth Edmonds

I'm coming up on 40 next year, and after making so many records and doing music for so long, I'm looking for a change and a different perspective. And every now and then, I think I have something I want to say.
Tim McGraw

Perspective Translations

perspective in Danish is udsigt
perspective in Dutch is doorkijk, prospect, perspectief
perspective in French is perspective
perspective in German is Durchblick, Perspektive, Blickwinkel
perspective in Spanish is perspectiva
perspective in Swedish is perspektiv

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