Aspect Aspect

Aspect - Definition and Overview

Related Words: Air, Angle, Article, Astrology, Attitude, Attribute, Azimuth, Bearing, Bearings, Case, Characteristic, Circumstance, Component, Configuration, Constituent, Contents, Count, Datum

Aspect can mean one of the following things:

  • In computer programming, an aspect is a feature that is linked to many parts of a program, but which is not necessarily the primary function of the program.
  • In linguistics, aspect is a grammatical feature having to do with the internal temporal flow of an event.
  • In railway signalling, the aspect is the number of lights on the signal and their state (EG. red, red, off, semaphore at horizontal, etc), EG. the standard 3 light traffic signal is a three-aspect signal.
  • In astrology, aspect is the relative angle between two heavenly bodies.
  • In quantum physics it is most likely to refer to Alain Aspect, the French physicist of Bell test experiment fame.

Example Usage of Aspect

Matthew_Lucas: One's sexuality is only one facet of who they are. Those who only embrace that one Aspect have no lives or self respect.
Alltop_webdes: Everyone would agree that usability is an important Aspect of Web design. http://bit.ly/1Us1Cz http://bit.ly/2rDmuu Web-design.alltop
Defiant530: Actually,I think you want govt to control every Aspect of your life as it is obvious you are too lazy or not capable to do it on your own
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