Визначення слова «aspect» мовою англійська

noun

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.

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

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.

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 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.

verb

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.