aspect /ˈæspɛkt/noun 14verb 3forms 3 noun14 •Any specific feature, part, or element of something.Japan's aging population is an important aspect of its economy. •A phase or a partial, but significant view or description of something. •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. •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. •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 Mother Goddess in her many manifestations is termed Shakti, the female energy in creation, and worshipped as the supreme female aspect of Brahman. — 1995 •Prospect; outlook.This town affords a good aspect toward the hill from whence we descended ; nor does it deceive us ; for it is handsomely built […] — 1643 •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.The whole of the main lines to be electrified were being equipped with four-aspect colour-light signals, automatically operated, where appropriate, and spaced to give a 5min headway throughout. — 1961 •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] •One's appearance or expression.Art thou but Captaine of a thousand horse, That by Characters grauen in thy browes, And by thy martiall face and stout aspect, Deseru’st to haue the leading of an hoste? — 1587 •Appearance to the eye or the mind; look; view.They are both in my judgment the image or picture of a great Ruine, and have the true aspect of a World lying in its rubbish. — 1684 •(no longer used) The act of looking at something; gaze.The tradition is no less ancient, that the basilisk killeth by aspect ; and that the wolf, if he see a man first, by aspect striketh a man hoarse. — 1627 verb3 •To have a particular aspect or type of aspect. •To channel a divine being. •(no longer used) To look at. formsaspected · aspecting · aspects
