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BIRD'S-EYE VIEW

Specialty Definition: BIRD'S-EYE VIEW

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Literature

Bird's-eye View A mode of perspective drawing in which the artist is supposed to be over the objects delineated, in which case he beholds them as a bird in the air would see them. A general view. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

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Modern Usage: BIRD'S-EYE VIEW

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Galveston Bird's-Eye View of Dock Front (1900)

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Image Slideshow: BIRD'S-EYE VIEW

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Photo Album: BIRD'S-EYE VIEW

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Bird's-eye view of community in Georgia. Credit: Library of Congress.

Bird's-eye view of landscaped grounds with community in background in Georgia. Credit: Library of Congress.

Bird's-eye view of Marblehead, Massachusetts, with boats on water. Credit: Library of Congress.

Bird's-eye view of Tucson, Arizona. Credit: Library of Congress.

The future Washington, bird's-eye view, Washington, D.C. Credit: Library of Congress.

Bird's-eye view of lower Manhattan. Credit: Library of Congress.

Bird's-eye view of town and river. Credit: Library of Congress.

Galena, S. Dakota. Bird's-eye view from southwest. Credit: Library of Congress.

Noland Plumbing Co., Inc. Bird's-eye view of construction I. Credit: Library of Congress.

Bird's-eye view of boathouses, along the Potomac River, Georgetown, damaged by flood. Credit: Library of Congress.

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Modern Translation: BIRD'S-EYE VIEW

Language Translations for "BIRD'S-EYE VIEW"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Chinese 

  

(glance), (glance). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

linnunsilmällä nähty (a bird's-eye view of .). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

鳥瞰図 , 全景 (panoramic view), 俯瞰図 . (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

ぜ"けい (above-named, foreground, forward inclination, front view, panoramic view, perfect form, the whole form), ふか"ず, ちょうか"ず. (various references)

   

Manx

  

reayrt eeanlee. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ird's-eyebay iewvay

   

Russian 

  

вид с птичьего полета (bird's eye view). (various references)

   

Thai

  

การสำรวจย่อๆ, าพที่มองเห็นจากมุมสูง. (various references)

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Anagrams: BIRD'S-EYE VIEW

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "'-b-d-e-e-e-i-i-r-s-v-w-y"

-5 letters: birdseye, derisive, reviewed, weirdies.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Usage: Modern
2. Images: Slideshow
3. Images: Photo Album
4. Translations: Modern
5. Anagrams
6. Bibliography


  

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