aspect.
Any specific feature, part, or element of something.
Meaning & usage
Any specific feature, part, or element of something.
Japan's aging population is an important aspect of its economy.
The way something appears when viewed from a certain direction or perspective.
The stone has a greenish aspect in this light.
The way something appears when considered from a certain point of view.
in certain aspects [ = in certain respects]
A phase or a partial, but significant view or description of something.
One's appearance or expression.
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.
Prospect; outlook.
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.
The relative position of heavenly bodies as they appear to an observer on earth; the angular relationship between points in a horoscope.
The personified manifestation of a deity that represents one or more of its characteristics or functions.
The act of looking at something; gaze.
Appearance to the eye or the mind; look; view.
In aspect-oriented programming, a feature or component that can be applied to parts of a program independent of any inheritance hierarchy.
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”).
To have a particular aspect or type of aspect.
To channel a divine being.
To look at.
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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