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aspect.

Any specific feature, part, or element of something.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈæspɛkt/
  1. Any specific feature, part, or element of something.

    Japan's aging population is an important aspect of its economy.
  2. The way something appears when viewed from a certain direction or perspective.

    The stone has a greenish aspect in this light.
  3. The way something appears when considered from a certain point of view.

    in certain aspects [ = in certain respects]
  4. A phase or a partial, but significant view or description of something.

  5. One's appearance or expression.

  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.

    The house has a southern aspect, i.e. a position which faces the south.
  7. Prospect; outlook.

  8. 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.

  9. The relative position of heavenly bodies as they appear to an observer on earth; the angular relationship between points in a horoscope.

  10. The personified manifestation of a deity that represents one or more of its characteristics or functions.

  11. The act of looking at something; gaze.

    obsolete
  12. Appearance to the eye or the mind; look; view.

    obsolete
  13. In aspect-oriented programming, a feature or component that can be applied to parts of a program independent of any inheritance hierarchy.

  14. The visual indication of railway signal as displayed to the driver. With three-aspect colour light signals this would be red, yellow or green, and on four-aspect signals, double-yellow also; a two-aspect signal displays red or green.

Where this word comes from

From Middle English aspect, from Latin aspectus (“look, sight; appearance”), from aspiciō (“see; catch sight of; inspect”), from ad- (“to, towards, at”) + speciō (“look, look at, behold; observe”).

verb/ˈæspɛkt/
  1. To have a particular aspect or type of aspect.

  2. To channel a divine being.

  3. To look at.

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

From Middle English aspect, from Latin aspectus (“look, sight; appearance”), from aspiciō (“see; catch sight of; inspect”), from ad- (“to, towards, at”) + speciō (“look, look at, behold; observe”).

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