foreshortening (countable and uncountable, plural foreshortenings)
(arts) A technique for creating the appearance that the object of a drawing is extending into space by shortening the lines with which that object is drawn.
A similar contracted appearance in film or photography, etc.
foreshortening
present participle of foreshorten
Source: Wiktionary
Fore*short"en*ing, n. (Fine Arts)
Definition: Representation in a foreshortened mode or way.
Fore*short"en, v. t.
1. (Fine Art)
Definition: To represent on a plane surface, as if extended in a direction toward the spectator or nearly so; to shorten by drawing in perspective.
2. Fig.: To represent pictorially to the imagination. Songs, and deeds, and lives that lie Foreshortened in the tract of time. Tennyson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
9 January 2025
(noun) (obstetrics) position of the fetus in the uterus relative to the birth canal; “Cesarean sections are sometimes the result of abnormal presentations”
Contrary to popular belief, coffee beans are not technically beans. They are referred to as such because of their resemblance to legumes. A coffee bean is a seed of the Coffea plant and the source for coffee. It is the pit inside the red or purple fruit, often referred to as a cherry. Just like ordinary cherries, the coffee fruit is also a so-called stone fruit.
