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

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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

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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

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