- perspective⇄adj. 1. of perspective.
2. drawn so as to show the proper perspective.
Ex. a perspective drawing.
3. (Obsolete.)
a. optical.
b. assisting the sight, as an optical instrument does.
Ex. a perspective glass. - perspective⇄adv. perspectively.
- perspective⇄expr. in perspective,
a. drawn or viewed in accordance with the rules or principles of perspective.
Ex. The engraver said he must ... ""put it in proper perspective"" (London Daily Chronicle).
b. (Figurative.) from a particular mental - perspective⇄noun 1a. the art of picturing objects on a flat surface so as to give the appearance of distance or depth.
Ex. [(Fauvism)] had discarded perspective, the sublime technical triumph of the Renaissance (New Yorker).
b. a drawing or picture in p - perspective⇄perspective, noun, adjective.