Aspect

Aspect may be:

  • Aspect (computer programming), a feature that is linked to many parts of a program, but which is not necessarily the primary function of the program.
  • Grammatical aspect, in linguistics, a component of the conjugation of a verb, having to do with the internal temporal flow of an event
  • Lexical aspect, in linguistics, a distinction among different kinds of verb according to their relation to time
  • Astrological aspect, the relative angle between two heavenly bodies
  • Aspect (geography), the direction in which a slope faces
  • Aspect (trade union), a trade union in the United Kingdom
  • An anatomic term, see Anatomical terms of location
  • Aspect (Dungeons & Dragons), aspect refers to a figure which is the representation of a god

Companies:

  • Aspect Co., a Japanese video game company
  • Warner Aspect, an imprint of the publishing company Warner Books, focusing on works of science fiction

People:

  • Alain Aspect, a French physicist

Aspect may also refer to:

  • In railway signalling, the aspect is the number of lights on a signal, and their state. For example, the standard three-light traffic signal is a three-aspect signal.

Famous quotes containing the word aspect:

    “Could anything be more indicative of a slight but general insanity than the aspect of the crowd on the streets of Chicago?”
    —Charles Horton Cooley (1864–1929)

    “Love is like some fresh spring, first a stream and then a river, changing its aspect and its nature as it flows to plunge itself in some boundless ocean, where restricted natures only find monotony, but where great souls are engulfed in endless contemplation.”
    —Honoré De Balzac (1799–1850)

    “The subtlest and most vicious aspect of women’s oppression is that we have been conditioned to believe we are not oppressed, blinded so as not to see our own condition.”
    —Robin Morgan (b. 1941)