"frog's-eye view" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: frog's-eye views [plural]
Etymology: By contrast to a bird's-eye view. Head templates: {{en-noun}} frog's-eye view (plural frog's-eye views)
  1. A point of view from the ground or from within a system. Synonyms: worm's-eye view, frog's view, frog view Translations (point of view from the ground or from within a system): kikvorsperspectief [neuter] (Dutch), kikkerperspectief [neuter] (Dutch), contre-plongée [feminine] (French), contreplongée [feminine] (French), Froschperspektive [feminine] (German), békaperspektíva (Hungarian), z żabiej perspektywy (Polish), žablja perspektiva [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), plano contrapicado [masculine] (Spanish)

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