foreshortening

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noun

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.

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Meanings

nounforeshortening (countable and uncountable, plural foreshortenings)

plural foreshortenings

  1. countableuncountableartA 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. countableuncountableA similar contracted appearance in film or photography, etc.
verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of foreshorten

Translations

Danish forkortning
  • forkortningart technique
Finnish perspektiivin lyhennys, lyhennys
  • perspektiivin lyhennysart technique
  • lyhennysart technique
French raccourci
  • raccourciart technique
German Verkürzung
  • Verkürzungart technique
Italian scorcio
  • scorcioart technique
Russian ра́курс
  • ра́курс (rákurs)art technique
Spanish escorzo
  • escorzoart technique
Cite this entry
APA

foreshortening. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/foreshortening

MLA

“foreshortening.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/foreshortening. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “foreshortening,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/foreshortening.

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