[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

aspect \as"pect\, n. l. aspectus, fr. aspicere, aspectum, to
   look at; ad + spicere, specere, to look, akin to e. spy.
   1. the act of looking; vision; gaze; glance. r. "the
      basilisk killeth by aspect." --bacon.
      1913 webster

            his aspect was bent on the ground.    --sir w.
                                                  scott.
      1913 webster

   2. look, or particular appearance of the face; countenance;
      mien; air. "serious in aspect." --dryden.
      1913 webster

            craggs with aspect open shall erect his head.
                                                  --pope.
      1913 webster

   3. appearance to the eye or the mind; look; view. "the aspect
      of affairs." --macaulay.
      1913 webster

            the true aspect of a world lying in its rubbish.
                                                  --t. burnet.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster

   5. prospect; outlook. obs.
      1913 webster

            this town affords a good aspect toward the hill from
            whence we descended.                  --evelyn.
      1913 webster

   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. --milton.
      1913 webster

   note: the aspects which two planets can assume are five;
         sextile, ?, when the planets are 60deg apart;
         quartile, or quadrate, ?, when their distance is
         90deg or the quarter of a circle; trine, ?, when the
         distance is 120deg; opposition, ?, when the distance
         is 180deg, or half a circle; and conjunction, ?, when
         they are in the same degree. astrology taught that the
         aspects of the planets exerted an influence on human
         affairs, in some situations for good and in others for
         evil.
         1913 webster

   7. astrol. the influence of the stars for good or evil; as,
      an ill aspect. --shak.
      1913 webster

            the astrologers call the evil influences of the
            stars evil aspects. --bacon.
      1913 webster

   8. a"eronautics 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.
      webster 1913 suppl.

   aspect of a plane geom., the direction of the plane.
      1913 webster
see also:
aspect of a plane 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

aspect \aspect"\, v. t. l. aspectare, v. intens. of aspicere.
   see aspect, n.
   to behold; to look at. obs.
   1913 webster
see also:
aspect 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

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

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

127 moby thesaurus words for "aspect":
   adjunct, air, angle, appurtenance, article, astrodiagnosis,
   astrology, astromancy, attitude, attribute, azimuth, bearing,
   bearings, case, celestial navigation, characteristic, circumstance,
   complexion, component, configuration, constituent, contents, count,
   countenance, datum, dead reckoning, desiderative, detail, effect,
   eidolon, element, exposure, face, facet, fact, factor, fashion,
   feature, figure, fix, fixings, form, frequentative, frontage,
   genethliac astrology, genethliacism, genethliacs, genethlialogy,
   gestalt, guise, hand, horoscope, horoscopy, house, image, imago,
   imperfective, impression, inchoative, incidental, ingredient,
   instance, integrant, interpretation, item, iterative, lay, lie,
   light, likeness, line of position, lineaments, look, makings,
   manifestation, manner, mansion, matter, mien, minor detail,
   minutia, minutiae, mundane astrology, mundane house, nativity,
   natural astrology, orientation, outlook, part, part and parcel,
   particular, perfective, phase, phasis, pilotage, planetary house,
   point, point of view, port, position, position line, presence,
   prospect, quality, radio bearing, reference, regard, respect,
   seeming, semblance, set, shape, side, simulacrum, slant, specialty,
   standpoint, stargazing, style, thing, total effect, twist, view,
   viewpoint, visage, wise, zodiac

[5] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

aspect
     
         an ipse developed by an alvey project,
        using z to specify the object-management system and tool
        interface.
     
        1996-03-25
     
     
see also:
ipse alvey z object-management system 

[6] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

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.
     
        1996-03-25
     
     
see also:
abstract data types strict functional language c sun ultrix 
next macintosh os/2 linux rs/6000 
atari amiga lt;ftp://wowbagger.uni-bremen.de/pub/programming/languagesgt; 

[7] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

aspect
     
         in aspect-oriented programming, a modular unit
        of control over emergent entities.
     
        1999-08-31
     
     
see also:
aspect-oriented programming emergent entities 

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