ASPECT
expression, look, aspect, facial expression, face
(noun) the feelings expressed on a person’s face; “a sad expression”; “a look of triumph”; “an angry face”
aspect
(noun) a characteristic to be considered
aspect, facet
(noun) a distinct feature or element in a problem; “he studied every facet of the question”
view, aspect, prospect, scene, vista, panorama
(noun) the visual percept of a region; “the most desirable feature of the park are the beautiful views”
aspect
(noun) the beginning or duration or completion or repetition of the action of a verb
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
aspect (plural aspects)
Any specific feature, part, or element of something.
Synonym: facet
The way something appears when viewed from a certain direction or perspective.
The way something appears when considered from a certain point of view.
A phase or a partial, but significant view or description of something.
One's appearance or expression. [from 16th c.]
Synonyms: appearance, look, blee
Position or situation with regard to seeing; that position which enables one to look in a particular direction; position in relation to the points of the compass.
Prospect; outlook.
(grammar) A grammatical quality of a verb which determines the relationship of the speaker to the internal temporal flow of the event which the verb describes, or whether the speaker views the event from outside as a whole, or from within as it is unfolding. [from 19th c.]
(astrology) The relative position of heavenly bodies as they appear to an observer on earth; the angular relationship between points in a horoscope. [from 14th c.]
(religion, mythology) The personified manifestation of a deity that represents one or more of its characteristics or functions.
(obsolete) The act of looking at something; gaze. [14th-19th c.]
(obsolete) Appearance to the eye or the mind; look; view.
(programming) In aspect-oriented programming, a feature or component that can be applied to parts of a program independent of any inheritance hierarchy.
(rail) The visual indication of a colour light (or mechanical) signal as displayed to the driver. With colour light signals this would be red, yellow or green.
Hyponyms
• (grammar): grammatical aspect, aorist aspect, iterative aspect, perfective aspect, imperfective aspect, semelfactive aspect, progressive aspect, perfect aspect; lexical aspect
Verb
aspect (third-person singular simple present aspects, present participle aspecting, simple past and past participle aspected)
(astrology, of a planet) To have a particular aspect or type of aspect.
(Wicca) To channel a divine being.
(obsolete) To look at.
Anagrams
• epacts, escap't
Source: Wiktionary
As"pect, n. Etym: [L. aspectus, fr. aspicere, aspectum, to look at;
ad + spicere, specere, to look, akin to E. spy.]
1. The act of looking; vision; gaze; glance. [R.] "The basilisk
killeth by aspect." Bacon.
His aspect was bent on the ground. Sir W. Scott.
2. Look, or particular appearance of the face; countenance; mien;
air. "Serious in aspect." Dryden.
[Craggs] with aspect open shall erect his head. Pope.
3. Appearance to the eye or the mind; look; view. "The aspect of
affairs." Macaulay.
The true aspect of a world lying in its rubbish. T. Burnet.
4. Position or situation with regard to seeing; that position which
enables one to look in a particular direction; position in relation
to the points of the compass; as, a house has a southern aspect, that
is, a position which faces the south.
5. Prospect; outlook. [Obs.]
This town affords a good aspect toward the hill from whence we
descended. Evelyn.
6. (Astrol.)
Definition: The situation of planets or stars with respect to one another,
or the angle formed by the rays of light proceeding from them and
meeting at the eye; the joint look of planets or stars upon each
other or upon the earth. Milton.
Note: The aspects which two planets can assume are five; sextile,
7. (Astrol.)
Definition: The influence of the stars for good or evil; as, an ill aspect.
Shak.
The astrologers call the evil influences of the stars evil aspects.
Bacon. Aspect of a plane (Geom.), the direction of the plane.
As*pect", v. t. Etym: [L. aspectare, v. intens. of aspicere. See
Aspect, n.]
Definition: To behold; to look at. [Obs.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition