aspect

(ăs'pĕkt)
n.

1. A particular look or facial expression; mien: "He was serious of aspect but wholly undistinguished" (Louis Auchincloss).
2. Appearance to the eye, especially from a specific vantage point.
3. A way in which something can be viewed by the mind: looked at all aspects of the situation. See synonyms at phase.
4. A position facing or commanding a given direction; exposure.
5. A side or surface facing in a particular direction: the ventral aspect of the body.
6. 1. The configuration of the stars or planets in relation to one another.
   2. This configuration, thought by astrologers to influence human affairs.
7. Grammar. A category of the verb designating primarily the relation of the action to the passage of time, especially in reference to completion, duration, or repetition.
8. Archaic. An act of looking or gazing.

[Middle English, from Latin aspectus, a view, from past participle of aspicere, to look at : ad-, ad- + specere, to look.]

aspectual as·pec'tu·al (ă-spĕk'chū-əl) adj.

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The apparent position of any of the planets or the Moon relative to the Sun, as seen from Earth. The four main aspects are conjunction, greatest elongation, opposition, and quadrature.

noun

1. A disposition of the facial features that conveys meaning, feeling, or mood: cast, countenance, expression, face, look, visage. See express.
2. The way something or someone looks: appearance, look, mien. See surface/depth.
3. An outward appearance: countenance, face, look, physiognomy, surface, visage. See surface/depth.
4. The particular angle from which something is considered: angle, facet, frame of reference, hand, light, phase, regard, respect, side. See perspective.

n

Definition: element to consider
Antonyms: whole

The direction in which a valley side or slope faces. In deeply cut east-west orientated valleys, the slopes facing the equator receive more sun and are more attractive to settlement than the shaded sides of the valley. See adret and ubac.

Aspect may be an important factor in the formation of landforms, since slopes facing away from the equator may be 6 °C colder than their opposites; C. B. Beaty (Jour. Geol. 51) estimated that gradational processes are 2-3 times as active on northward-facing slopes in the Northern Hemisphere. See asymmetry. Thus, in the Jotunheim of Norway, for example, 70% of corries lie on the north side of the massif.

The direction which a building faces with respect to the points of a compass.

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IN BRIEF: Look or outward appearance.

Great feelings will often take the aspect of error, and great faith the aspect of illusion. — George Eliot

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1. that part of a surface viewed from a particular direction.
2. the look or appearance.

• dorsal a. — a view from the back (bipeds), or from above (quadrupeds).
• ventral a. — a view from the front (bipeds) or from below (quadrupeds).

For a list of words related to aspect, see:

• Aspects and Components of Appearance - aspect: particular appearance or mien
• Grammar and Usage - aspect: verb form indicating nature of action expressed by verb with regard to duration, repetition, beginning, or completion
• Order, Hierarchy, and Systems - aspect: particular phase or light in which something is viewed
• Rites, Practices, Spells, and Symbols - aspect: relative position of planets and stars having astrological influence on human affairs

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Common misspelling(s) of aspects

• spects

Dansk (Danish)
n. - aspekt, side, vinkel
v. tr. - betragte under himmellegemernes indbyrdes stilling

Nederlands (Dutch)
aspect, facet, gelaatsuitdrukking, aanblik, onderlinge stand van sterren, voorkomen, ligging

Français (French)
n. - aspect, point de vue, air, facteur, mine (un air), angle, face (d'un problème), exposition, orientation (d'un immeuble), (Ling) aspect
v. tr. - (Astrol) former une face (avec un autre corps céleste)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Erscheinung, Aspekt, Gesichtsausdruck
v. - (Astrol.) eine best. Stellung (zu den Planeten) haben

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - προσανατολισμός, θέα, όψη, παρουσιαστικό, άποψη, πλευρά, (αστρον.) γωνιώδης απόσταση

Italiano (Italian)
aspetto, prospettiva, fisionomia

Português (Portuguese)
n. - aspecto (m), aparência (f), feição (f), direção (f)

Русский (Russian)
вид, точка зрения, выражение, фактор

Español (Spanish)
n. - aspecto, punto de vista, exposición, orientación
v. tr. - exponer, orientar

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - aspekt, läge, syftning

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
外观, 方向, 方面

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 外觀, 方向, 方面

idioms:

• 
  v. tr. -     凝視;看

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 외관, 상황, 견해, 방향
v. tr. - (어떤 상을) 형성하다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 外観, 様相, 面, 形勢, 局面, 見方, 向き, 星位, 様子

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مظهر, هيئه, سمه, واجهه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮נקודת-ראות, צד, כיוון, חזות, הופעה, מראה, זווית, היבט, בחינה, אספקט, קטגוריה של הפועל המציינת את תחילת הפעולה, המשך שלה, השלמתה או החזרה עליה‬
v. tr. - ‮יצר זווית מסוימת עם גרם-שמיים אחר (כוכב-לכת, אסטרולוגיה)‬

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