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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Foreshortening \Fore*short"en*ing\, n. (Fine Arts)
     Representation in a foreshortened mode or way.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Foreshortening \Fore*short"en*ing\, n. (Fine Arts)
     Representation in a foreshortened mode or way.

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  foreshortening
     n.
     1 (lb en arts) 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.
     vb.
     (present participle of en foreshorten nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  foreshortening
     n.
     1 (lb en arts) 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.
     vb.
     (present participle of en foreshorten nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  foreshortening
     n.
     1 (lb en arts) 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.
     vb.
     (present participle of en foreshorten nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  foreshortening
     n.
     1 (lb en arts) 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.
     vb.
     (present participle of en foreshorten nocat=1)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Foreshortening /fɔːʃˈɔːtənɪŋ/
  التقصير

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  foreshortening /fɔːʃˈɔːtənɪŋ/
  Kürzung , Verkürzung 
     Synonym: shortening
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  foreshortening /fɔːʃˈɔːtənɪŋ/
  vorzeitig/frühzeitig beendend, abkürzend, einer Sache ein frühes Ende setzend
     Synonyms: cutting short, curtailing, bringing to a premature/untimely end
  
   see: cut short sth., foreshorten sth., curtail sth., bring sth. to a premature/untimely end, cut short, foreshortened, curtailed, brought to a premature/untimely end, foreshorten a date
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  foreshortening /fɔːʃˈɔːtənɪŋ/
  perspektivisch zeichnend
   see: foreshorten sth., foreshortened, foreshortens, foreshortened
  

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  foreshortening /fɔːʃˈɔːtənɪŋ/ 
  lyhennys, perspektiivin lyhennys
  art technique

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  foreshortening /fɔːʃˈɔːtənɪŋ/
  1. rövidülés
  2. skurc

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     透视收缩; 投影缩减

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