"foreshortening" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: foreshortenings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} foreshortening (countable and uncountable, plural foreshortenings)
  1. (art) 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. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Art Translations (art technique): forkortning [common-gender] (Danish), perspektiivin lyhennys (Finnish), lyhennys (Finnish), raccourci [masculine] (French), Verkürzung [feminine] (German), scorcio [masculine] (Italian), scurcio (Neapolitan), ра́курс (rákurs) (Russian), escorzo [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-foreshortening-en-noun-0eMTgO~y Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Neapolitan translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 85 9 6 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 71 12 18 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 76 16 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 87 5 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 77 15 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 64 23 13 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 68 14 19 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 71 16 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 75 10 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Neapolitan translations: 73 19 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 75 10 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 76 10 14 Topics: art, arts Disambiguation of 'art technique': 90 10
  2. A similar contracted appearance in film or photography, etc. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-foreshortening-en-noun-tDq08KFT

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} foreshortening
  1. present participle and gerund of foreshorten Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: foreshorten
    Sense id: en-foreshortening-en-verb-v7f0NbaI

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