| 1. | appearance to the eye or mind; look: the physical aspect of the country. |
| 2. | nature; quality; character: the superficial aspect of the situation. |
| 3. | a way in which a thing may be viewed or regarded; interpretation; view: both aspects of a decision. |
| 4. | part; feature; phase: That is the aspect of the problem that interests me most. |
| 5. | facial expression; countenance: He wore an aspect of gloom. Hers was an aspect of happy optimism. |
| 6. | bearing; air; mien: warlike in aspect. |
| 7. | view commanded; exposure: The house has a southern aspect. |
| 8. | the side or surface facing a given direction: the dorsal aspect of a fish; the northern aspect of the house. |
| 9. | Grammar.
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| 10. | Astrology.
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| 11. | Archaic. a look; glance. |

as·pect (ās'pěkt) n.
[Middle English, from Latin aspectus, a view, from past participle of aspicere, to look at : ad-, ad- + specere, to look; see spek- in Indo-European roots.] as·pec'tu·al (ā-spěk'chōō-əl) adj. |
aspect as·pect (ās'pěkt)
n.
An appearance or look.
The side of an object that faces in a particular direction.
ASPECT tool, programming
An IPSE developed by an Alvey project, using Z to specify the object-management system and tool interface.
(1996-03-25)
ASpecT language
Algebraic specification of abstract data types. A strict functional language that compiles to C.
Versions of ASpecT are available for Sun, Ultrix, NeXT, Macintosh, OS/2 2.0, Linux, RS/6000, Atari, Amiga.
(ftp://wowbagger.uni-bremen.de/pub/programming/languages).
(1996-03-25)
aspect programming
In aspect-oriented programming, a modular unit of control over emergent entities.
(1999-08-31)