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Perspective is the choice of a single point of view from which to sense, categorize, measure or codify experience, typically for comparing with another. Viewpoint is another word for this principle - with a similarly broad interpretation. It may be '''visual''' or '''verbal'''. 

Within the visual fine arts (painting, sketching, etching, etc.) as well as within scientific graphics (with drafting instruments), the word perspective denotes a technique of representing three-dimensional objects on a planar surface with the aim of retaining the illusion of three-dimensional space. 

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[[Perspective, Visual]]

[[Pespective, Verbal]]