per⋅spec⋅tive

per-spek-tiv

1. a technique of depicting volumes and spatial relationships on a flat surface

2. a picture employing this technique, esp. one in which it is prominent

3. a visible scene,

4. the state of existing in space before the eye

5. the state of one's ideas, the facts known to

one, etc.

6. the faculty of seeing all the relevant data in a meaningful relationship:

7. a mental view or prospect: