Толковый словарь английского языка - perspective

I. noun see: per- Date: 14th century an optical glass (as a telescope), II. noun see: prospect Date: 1563 1. the technique or process of representing on a plane or curved surface the spatial relation of objects as they might appear to the eye, a picture in ~, 2. the interrelation in which a subject or its parts are mentally viewed , the capacity to view things in their true relations or relative importance , 3. a visible scene, a mental view or prospect , the appearance to the eye of objects in respect to their relative distance and positions, perspectival adjective III. adjective Etymology: Middle English, optical, from Medieval Latin perspectivus Date: 1570 aiding the vision , of, relating to, employing, or seen in ~ , ~ly adverb