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perspection

perspection noun: contemplation; scrutiny.

Noun

perspection (countable and uncountable, plural perspections)

  1. contemplation; scrutiny
  2. (rare) perspective
    • Now this set of twelve triangles has the following remarkable property — any two triangles in the same row are six-fold perspective; any two triangles in the same column are four-fold perspective with three centers of perspection on a line […]1931, American Journal of Mathematics, page 340
    • Select pairs of triangles perspective from each point and such that the axes of perspection will be the lines of the figure. Show that the configuration can be regarded as made up of a complete 4-point and a complete 4-line.1962, Roy Martin Winger, An introduction to projective geometry, page 104
  3. (rare) perspicuity
    • […] he never spent his ammunition in useless parade, but tried on the proper moment, with the keenest perspection, to make his attack with success, which ever crowned his endeavours.1790, The Gentleman's Magazine, volume 68, page 671

Forms of perspection

pluralperspections

Questions about perspection

What does perspection mean?
Perspection means contemplation; scrutiny.
What part of speech is perspection?
Perspection is a noun.
What is the plural of perspection?
The plural of perspection is perspections.

Words near perspection in the dictionary

  1. Persophobic
  2. persophone
  3. persophones
  4. Persosphere
  5. persp
  6. perspection
  7. perspections
  8. perspectival
  9. perspectivalisation
  10. perspectivalism
  11. perspectivalization

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