foreshortening
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fore·short·en
(fôr-shôr′tn)tr.v. fore·short·ened, fore·short·en·ing, fore·short·ens
1. To shorten the lines of (an object) in a drawing or other representation so as to produce an illusion of projection or extension in space.
2. To reduce the length of; curtail or abridge.
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foreshortening
(fɔːˈʃɔːtnɪŋ)n
1. the representation of a line, form, object, etc as shorter than actual length in order to give an illusion of recession or projection, in accordance with the laws of linear perspective
2. the shortening or condensing of something
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foreshortening
Reducing or distorting in order to represent three-dimensional space as perceived by the eye, according to the rules of perspective.
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Translations
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
foreshortening
n (Art) → zeichnerische Verkürzung; (Phot) → fotografische Verkürzung
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