Aspect

n.	1.	The act of looking; vision; gaze; glance. His aspect was bent on the ground. - Sir W. Scott.
	2.	Look, or particular appearance of the face; countenance; mien; air. [Craggs] with aspect open shall erect his head. - Pope.
	3.	Appearance to the eye or the mind; look; view. The true aspect of a world lying in its rubbish. - T. Burnet.
	4.	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; as, a house has a southern aspect, that is, a position which faces the south.
	5.	Prospect; outlook. This town affords a good aspect toward the hill from whence we descended. - Evelyn.
	6.	(Astrol.) The situation of planets or stars with respect to one another, or the angle formed by the rays of light proceeding from them and meeting at the eye; the joint look of planets or stars upon each other or upon the earth.
	7.	(Astrol.) The influence of the stars for good or evil; as, an ill aspect. The astrologers call the evil influences of the stars evil aspects.
	8.	(Aëronautics) A view of a plane from a given direction, usually from above; more exactly, the manner of presentation of a plane to a fluid through which it is moving or to a current. If an immersed plane meets a current of fluid long side foremost, or in broadside aspect, it sustains more pressure than when placed short side foremost. Hence, long narrow wings are more effective than short broad ones of the same area. Aspect of a plane (Geom.) the direction of the plane.
v. t.	1.	To behold; to look at.

Noun	1.	aspect - a distinct feature or element in a problem; "he studied every facet of the question" Synonyms: facet
	2.	aspect - a characteristic to be considered
	3.	aspect - the visual percept of a region; "the most desirable feature of the park are the beautiful views" Synonyms: panorama, vista, view, scene, prospect
	4.	aspect - the beginning or duration or completion or repetition of the action of a verb
	5.	aspect - the expression on a person's face; "a sad expression"; "a look of triumph"; "an angry face" Synonyms: expression, look, face, facial expression

1.	(tool, programming)	ASPECT - An IPSE developed by an Alvey project, using Z to specify the object-management system and tool interface.
2.	(language)	ASpecT - Algebraic specification of abstract data types. A strict functional language that compiles to C. Versions of ASpecT are available for Sun, Ultrix, NeXT, Macintosh, OS/2 2.0, Linux, RS/6000, Atari, Amiga. ftp://wowbagger.uni-bremen.de/pub/programming/languages.
3.	(programming)	aspect - In aspect-oriented programming, a modular unit of control over emergent entities.

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