English Explanatory Dictionary

foreshortening

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.
  2. A similar contracted appearance in film or photography, etc.
verb
  1. present participle and gerund of foreshorten

Word forms

foreshortening foreshortenings
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