aspect

Any specific feature, part, or element of something.

• Japan's aging population is an important aspect of its economy.

The way something appears when viewed from a certain direction or perspective.

• The stone has a greenish aspect in this light.

The way something appears when considered from a certain point of view.

• in certain aspects [ = in certain respects]

A phase or a partial, but significant view or description of something.

One's appearance or expression.

• Art thou but Captaine of a thouſand horſe, That by Characters grauen in thy browes, And by thy martiall face and ſtout aſpect, Deſeru’ſt to haue the leading of an hoſte?
• In Knots they ſtand, or in a Rank they Walk, / Serious in Aſpect, earneſt in their Talk: […]

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.

• The house has a southern aspect, i.e. a position which faces the south.

Prospect; outlook.

• This town affords a good aspect toward the hill from whence we descended ; nor does it deceive us ; for it is handsomely built […]

A grammatical quality of a verb which determines the relationship of the speaker to the internal temporal flow of the event which the verb describes, or whether the speaker views the event from outside as a whole, or from within as it is unfolding.

The relative position of heavenly bodies as they appear to an observer on earth; the angular relationship between points in a horoscope.

• I want to collect birthdates for a number of gay people, draw up astrological charts and compare them, looking for special aspects. I will send you your own chart if you send your time of birth, year, month, day, hour and place of birth.

The personified manifestation of a deity that represents one or more of its characteristics or functions.

• The Mother Goddess in her many manifestations is termed Shakti, the female energy in creation, and worshipped as the supreme female aspect of Brahman.

To have a particular aspect or type of aspect.

To channel a divine being.

To look at.obsolete