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aspect

1. Astrology any of several specific angular distances between two planets or a planet and the Ascendant or Midheaven measured, from the earth, in degrees along the ecliptic

2. Botany

a. the compass direction to which a plant habitat is exposed, or the degree of exposure

b. the effect of the seasons on the appearance of plants

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aspect [′a‚spekt]

(architecture)

The direction which a building faces with respect to the points of a compass.

(astronomy)

The apparent position of a celestial body relative to another; particularly, the apparent position of the moon or a planet relative to the sun.

(civil engineering)

Of railway signals, what the engineer sees when viewing the blades or lights in their relative positions or colors.

(ecology)

Seasonal appearance.

(geology)

The general appearance of a specific geologic entity or fossil assemblage as considered more or less apart from relations in time and space.

The direction toward which a valley side or slope faces with respect to the compass or rays of the sun.

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1.	(tool, programming)	ASPECT - An IPSE developed by an Alvey project, using Z to specify the object-management system and tool interface.
2.	(language)	ASpecT - 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.
3.	(programming)	aspect - In aspect-oriented programming, a modular unit of control over emergent entities.