aspect

/ˈæspɛkt/

noun

  1. 1

    Any specific feature, part, or element of something.

    Japan's aging population is an important aspect of its economy.
  2. 2

    The way something appears when viewed from a certain direction or perspective.

  3. 3

    The way something appears when considered from a certain point of view.

  4. 4

    A phase or a partial, but significant view or description of something.

  5. 5

    One's appearance or expression.

  6. 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. 7

    Prospect; outlook.

  8. 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.

  9. 9

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

  10. 10

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

  11. 11

    The act of looking at something; gaze.

  12. 12

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

  13. 13

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

  14. 14

    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

  1. 1

    (of a planet) To have a particular aspect or type of aspect.

  2. 2

    To channel a divine being.

  3. 3

    To look at.

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