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Definition aspect

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin aspectus (“look, sight; appearance”), from aspici? (“see; catch sight of; inspect”), from ad- (“to, towards, at”) + speci? (“look, look at, behold; observe”).

Noun

aspect (plural aspects)

1. Any specific feature, part, or element of something.
2. The way something appears when viewed from a certain direction or perspective. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
3. The way something appears when considered from a certain point of view. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
4. A phase or a partial, but significant view or description of something.
5. One's appearance or expression. [from 16th c.]
6. 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.
7. Prospect; outlook.
8. (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.]
9. (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.]
10. (religion, mythology) The personified manifestation of a deity that represents one or more of its characteristics or functions.
11. (obsolete) The act of looking at something; gaze. [14th-19th c.]
12. (obsolete) Appearance to the eye or the mind; look; view.
13. (programming) In aspect-oriented programming, a feature or component that can be applied to parts of a program independent of any inheritance hierarchy.
14. (rail transport) 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.

Verb

aspect (third-person singular simple present aspects, present participle aspecting, simple past and past participle aspected)

1. (astrology, of a planet) To have a particular aspect or type of aspect.
2. (Wicca) To channel a divine being.
3. (obsolete) To look at.

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