foreshortening

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A technique for creating the appearance that the object of a drawing is extending into space by shortening the lines with which that object is drawn
Present participle of foreshorten
{n} the act of shortening the forepart
{i} method of drawing which gives the illusion of depth; shortening, minimization
Technique of perspective that entails representing a figure on planes set at an angle to the observer, so that some parts of it look closer and others look further away
A method of depicting objects on a two-dimensional surface so they appear to lie flat and/or recede into the distance For example, a foreshortened circular plate becomes an ellipse
Reducing or distorting in order to represent three-dimensional space as perceived by the eye, according to the rules of perspective
The fractional area of the solar (or a stellar) disk occupied by a circular spot, such as a sunspot, varies as the star rotates because of projection onto the line of sight
Representation in a foreshortened mode or way
Spatial distortion whereby terrain slopes facing a side-looking radar's illumination are mapped as having a compressed range scale relative to its appearance if the same terrain were level Foreshortening is a special case of elevation displacement The effect is more pronounced for steeper slopes, and for radars that use steeper incidence angles Range scale expansion, the complementary effect, occurs for slopes that face away from the radar illumination
The artistic technique whereby a sense of depth and three-dimensionality is obtained by the use of receding lines
A form of perspective where the nearest parts of an object or form are enlarged so that the rest of the form appears to go back in space
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To render the image of an object such that it appears to be receding in space as it is perceived visually
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to make shorter
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to abridge, reduce, contract
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{v} to shorten the forefingers
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{f} draw in perspective to give the appearance of depth; shorten, minimize
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shorten lines in a drawing so as to create an illusion of depth
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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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reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened"
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To represent pictorially to the imagination
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To foreshorten someone or something means to draw them, photograph them, or see them from an unusual angle so that the parts of them that are furthest away seem smaller than they really are. She could see herself in the reflecting lenses, which had grotesquely foreshortened her
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