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<blockquote data-quote="Horoscope Fish" data-source="post: 541702" data-attributes="member: 13090"><p>At risk of sounding pedantic, I'm going to say that definition didn't sound right when I read it, and when I look up the word "perspective" online the definition you provide, "a visible scene... et al" is always the third definition, including on the <a href="http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/perspective" target="_blank">Merriam Webster</a> online dictionary. </p><p></p><p>Working as the department manager of Fine Arts department, I think I've learned what is meant, typically, by the word "perspective" and <a href="http://www.dictionary.com/browse/perspective?o=1" target="_blank">Dictionary (dot) com</a> has the simplest, most accurate definition, based on my experience: <em>"a technique of depicting volumes and spatial relationships on a flat surface."</em> Most every other dictionary I look at uses this definition as the primary definition of the word "perspective". So while the definition your provide is one definition of the word, it does not appear to me to be the operative definition, the definition most people are using. It's certainly not how *I* use the word.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Horoscope Fish, post: 541702, member: 13090"] At risk of sounding pedantic, I'm going to say that definition didn't sound right when I read it, and when I look up the word "perspective" online the definition you provide, "a visible scene... et al" is always the third definition, including on the [url=http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/perspective]Merriam Webster[/url] online dictionary. Working as the department manager of Fine Arts department, I think I've learned what is meant, typically, by the word "perspective" and [url=http://www.dictionary.com/browse/perspective?o=1]Dictionary (dot) com[/url] has the simplest, most accurate definition, based on my experience: [I]"a technique of depicting volumes and spatial relationships on a flat surface."[/I] Most every other dictionary I look at uses this definition as the primary definition of the word "perspective". So while the definition your provide is one definition of the word, it does not appear to me to be the operative definition, the definition most people are using. It's certainly not how *I* use the word. [/QUOTE]
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