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foreshortenings

foreshortenings is the plural of foreshortening.

Meaning of foreshortening

Noun

foreshortening (countable and uncountable, plural foreshortenings)

  1. A technique for creating the appearance that the object of a drawing is extending into space by shortening the lines with which that object is drawn.
  2. A similar contracted appearance in film or photography, etc.

Questions about foreshortenings

What is foreshortenings the plural of?
Foreshortenings is the plural of foreshortening.

Words near foreshortenings in the dictionary

  1. foreshorten
  2. foreshortened
  3. foreshortener
  4. foreshorteners
  5. foreshortening
  6. foreshortenings
  7. foreshortens
  8. foreshot
  9. foreshots
  10. foreshoulder
  11. foreshoulders

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