Illustration of the use of perspective to create the perception of depth in a two-dimensional projection. FromMiddle English perspective, perspectif Old French Middle French Medieval Latin perspectiva ars ( “ science of optics ” ) , the feminine ofLatin perspectivus ( “ of sight, optical ” ) , fromperspectus perspicere ( “ to inspect, look through ” ) , itself fromper- ( “ through ” ) +specere ( “ to look at ” ) ; the noun sense was influenced or mediated byItalian prospettiva prospetto ( “ prospect ” ) .
perspective (countable anduncountable plural perspectives
Aview ,vista oroutlook .2025 February 5, Peter Plisner, “East West Rail: progress from west to east”, inRAIL , number1028 , page30 :And according to Hughes, HM Treasury is still sceptical about rail electrification. "It's not because they don't see electrification as a good thing, but I think when you look at it from the UK-wideperspective , if you have £x billion to spend on decarbonisation, you don't necessarily start with rail. Rail's not where you get the biggest bang for the buck in terms of decarbonisation."
Theappearance ofdepth inobjects , especially asperceived usingbinocular vision. Thetechnique ofrepresenting three-dimensional objects on atwo-dimensional surface . ( dated ) artwork that represents three-dimensional objects in this way.( figuratively ) point of view from which tosense ,categorize ,measure orcodify experience .The ability to consider things in such relative perspective. Aperspective glass .1645 Joseph Hall ,The Peace-Maker :[ …] perspectives have descried[ …]
Asound recording technique to adjust and integrate sound sources seemingly naturally. view, vista or outlook
Arabic:مَنْظُور m ( manẓūr ) Armenian:հեռանկար (hy) ( heṙankar ) Belarusian:пэрспэкты́ва f ( perspektýva ) ,вы́гляд (be) m ( výhljad ) Bulgarian:перспекти́ва (bg) f ( perspektíva ) Catalan:perspectiva (ca) f Danish:udsigt c perspektiv n Dutch:perspectief (nl) n Esperanto:sinteno Finnish:näkymä (fi) Galician:perspectiva (gl) f German:Aussicht (de) f Hindi:दृष्टिकोण (hi) m ( dŕṣṭikoṇ ) ,परिप्रेक्ष्य (hi) m ( pariprekṣya ) ,नज़र f ( nazar ) Indonesian:perspektif (id) Italian:prospettiva (it) f Polish:punkt widzenia (pl) m perspektywa (pl) f Portuguese:perspectiva (pt) f ( Brazil ) ,perspetiva f ( Portugal ) Russian:перспекти́ва (ru) f ( perspektíva ) ,вид (ru) m ( vid ) ,обзо́р (ru) m ( obzór ) ,ра́курс (ru) m ( rákurs ) Spanish:perspectiva (es) f Turkish:perspektif (tr) Ukrainian:перспекти́ва ( perspektýva ) ,огля́д (uk) ( ohljád ) ,ра́курс ( rákurs )
appearance of depth in objects
technique of representing three-dimensional objects on a two-dimensional surface
choice of a single point of view
ability to consider things in such relative perspective
sound recording technique
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perspective (notcomparable )
Of, in or relating to perspective.aperspective drawing
( obsolete ) visual aid ; of or relating to the science of vision;optical .of, in or relating to perspective
Learned borrowing fromLatin perspectīvus perspiciō
perspective f plural perspectives
perspective prospect Elle était très effrayée par laperspective de perdre son emploi. She was frightened at theprospect of losing her job. perspective
feminine singular ofperspectif perspective
inflection ofperspectivar first / third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative 
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