Perspective

English Meaning

Of or pertaining to the science of vision; optical.

1. A view or vista.
2. A mental view or outlook: "It is useful occasionally to look at the past to gain a perspective on the present” ( Fabian Linden).
3. The appearance of objects in depth as perceived by normal binocular vision.
4. The relationship of aspects of a subject to each other and to a whole: a perspective of history; a need to view the problem in the proper perspective.
5. Subjective evaluation of relative significance; a point of view: the perspective of the displaced homemaker.
6. The ability to perceive things in their actual interrelations or comparative importance: tried to keep my perspective throughout the crisis.
7. The technique of representing three-dimensional objects and depth relationships on a two-dimensional surface.
8. Of, relating to, seen, or represented in perspective.