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linear perspective. n. A form of perspective in drawing and painting in which parallel lines are represented as converging so as to give the illusion of depth and distance.
1 (a.) The art and the science of so delineating objects that they shall seem to grow smaller as they recede from the eye; -- called also linear perspective. ( 2 n.) Of or pertaining to the science of vision; optical. ( 3 a.) A drawing in linear perspective.( 4 a.) A glass through which objects are viewed. (a.) The art and the science of so delineating objects that they shall seem to grow smaller as they recede from the eye; -- called also linear perspective. ( 2 n.) Of or pertaining to the science of vision; optical. ( 3 a.) A drawing in linear perspective.