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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Foreshorten (0.00967 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to Foreshorten.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: foreshorten
foreshorten
v 1: reduce in scope while retaining essential elements;
“The
manuscript must be shortened” [syn:
abridge,
abbreviate,
shorten,
cut,
contract,
reduce] [ant:
elaborate]
2: shorten lines in a drawing so as to create an illusion of
depth
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Foreshorten
Foreshorten
\Fore*short"en\, v. t.
1. (Fine Art) To represent on a plane surface, as if extended
in a direction toward the spectator or nearly so; to
shorten by drawing in perspective.
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2. Fig.: To represent pictorially to the imagination.
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Songs, and deeds, and lives that lie
Foreshortened in the tract of time. --Tennyson.
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