Word Definition

Aspect

  1. Position or situation with regard to seeing; that position which enables one to look in a particular direction; position in relation to the points of the compass; as, a house has a southern aspect, that is, a position which faces the south.
  2. The act of looking; vision; gaze; glance.
  3. Appearance to the eye or the mind; look; view.
  4. The influence of the stars for good or evil; as, an ill aspect.
  5. Look, or particular appearance of the face; countenance; mien; air.
  6. To behold; to look at.
  7. The situation of planets or stars with respect to one another, or the angle formed by the rays of light proceeding from them and meeting at the eye; the joint look of planets or stars upon each other or upon the earth.
  8. Prospect; outlook.