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aspect noun [ ˈaspɛkt ]

• a particular part or feature of something.
• "personal effectiveness in all aspects of life"
Similar: feature, facet, side, characteristic, particular, detail, point, ingredient, strand, angle, slant, sense, respect, regard,
• the positioning of a building or other structure in a particular direction.
• "a greenhouse with a southern aspect"
Similar: outlook, view, exposure, direction, situation, position, location,
• a category or form which expresses the way in which time is denoted by a verb.
• "the semantics of tense and aspect"

aspect verb

• (of a planet) form an aspect with (another celestial body).
• "the sun is superbly aspected by your ruler Mars on the 19th"
Origin: late Middle English (denoting the action or a way of looking): from Latin aspectus, from aspicere ‘look at’, from ad- ‘to, at’ + specere ‘to look’.


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