appearance to the eye or mind; look: the physical aspect of the country.
nature; quality; character: the superficial aspect of the situation.
a way in which a thing may be viewed or regarded; interpretation; view: both aspects of a decision.
part; feature; phase: That is the aspect of the problem that interests me most.
facial expression; countenance: He wore an aspect of gloom. Hers was an aspect of happy optimism.
bearing; air; mien: warlike in aspect.
view commanded; exposure: The house has a southern aspect.
the side or surface facing a given direction: the dorsal aspect of a fish; the northern aspect of the house.
Grammar.
a category or interrelated set of categories for which the verb is inflected in some languages, typically to indicate the duration, repetition, completion, or quality of the action or state denoted by the verb.
a set of syntactic devices, as in the English perfect with have in I have gone, with functions similar to such inflections.
any of the members or instances of these categories or sets: the Latin perfect aspect; the Russian imperfect aspect.
the meaning of, or meaning typical of, such a category or construction.
such categories or constructions, or their meanings collectively.
Astrology.
the angular distance between two points as seen from the earth, primarily derived by dividing the 360 degrees of the zodiac by the integers 1 through 12.
the influence of any two planets or groups of planets located at such points.
Archaic. a look; glance.
Origin of aspect
1350–1400; Middle English <Latin aspectus appearance, visible form, the action of looking at, equivalent to aspec- (variant stem of aspicere to observe, look at; a-a-5 + -spicere, combining form of specere to see) + -tus suffix of v. action
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We seek for the origin of the savage factor of myth in one aspect of the intellectual condition of savages.
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It would, indeed, in one aspect be a relief to her now, if she were so ashamed of him as she had appeared to be that day.
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The doctor kept his countenance and checked a smile which might have escaped most people at the aspect of the man.
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British Dictionary definitions for aspect
aspect
/ (ˈæspɛkt) /
noun
appearance to the eye; visual effectthe physical aspect of the landscape
a distinct feature or element in a problem, situation, etc; facetto consider every aspect of a problem
the way in which a problem, idea, etc, may be consideredto consider a problem from every aspect
a facial expression; manner of appearinga severe aspect
a position facing a particular direction; outlookthe southern aspect of a house
a view in a certain directiona good aspect of the village from the tower
a surface that faces in a given directionthe ventral aspect of a fish
astrologyany of several specific angular distances between two planets or a planet and the Ascendant or Midheaven measured, from the earth, in degrees along the ecliptic
grammara category of verbs or verbal inflections that expresses such features as the continuity, repetition, or completedness of the action describedCompare perfective (def. 2), progressive (def. 8), progressive (def. 10)
botany
the compass direction to which a plant habitat is exposed, or the degree of exposure
the effect of the seasons on the appearance of plants
archaicglance or gaze
Word Origin for aspect
C14: from Latin aspectus a sight, from aspicere, from ad- to, at + specere to look