\As"pect\, n. [L. aspectus, fr. aspicere, aspectum, to
look at; ad + spicere, specere, to look, akin to E. spy.]
1. The act of looking; vision; gaze; glance. [R.] ``The
   basilisk killeth by aspect.'' --Bacon.
         His aspect was bent on the ground.    --Sir W.
                                               Scott.
2. Look, or particular appearance of the face; countenance;
   mien; air. ``Serious in aspect.'' --Dryden.
         [Craggs] with aspect open shall erect his head.
                                               --Pope.
3. Appearance to the eye or the mind; look; view. ``The
   aspect of affairs.'' --Macaulay.
         The true aspect of a world lying in its rubbish.
                                               --T. Burnet.
4. Position or situation with regard to seeing; that position
   which enables one to look in a particular direction;
   position in relation to the points of the compass; as, a
   house has a southern aspect, that is, a position which
   faces the south.
5. Prospect; outlook. [Obs.]
         This town affords a good aspect toward the hill from
         whence we descended.                  --Evelyn.
6. (Astrol.) The situation of planets or stars with respect
   to one another, or the angle formed by the rays of light
   proceeding from them and meeting at the eye; the joint
   look of planets or stars upon each other or upon the
   earth. --Milton.
Note: The aspects which two planets can assume are five;
      sextile, ?, when the planets are 60[deg] apart;
      quartile, or quadrate, ?, when their distance is
      90[deg] or the quarter of a circle; trine, ?, when the
      distance is 120[deg]; opposition, ?, when the distance
      is 180[deg], or half a circle; and conjunction, ?, when
      they are in the same degree. Astrology taught that the
      aspects of the planets exerted an influence on human
      affairs, in some situations for good and in others for
      evil.
7. (Astrol.) The influence of the stars for good or evil; as,
   an ill aspect. --Shak.
         The astrologers call the evil influences of the
         stars evil aspects.                   --Bacon.
{Aspect of a plane} (Geom.), the direction of the plane.

\As*pect"\, v. t. [L. aspectare, v. intens. of aspicere.
See {Aspect}, n.]
To behold; to look at. [Obs.]

\As"pect\, n. (A["e]ronautics)
A view of a plane from a given direction, usually from above;
more exactly, the manner of presentation of a plane to a
fluid through which it is moving or to a current. If an
immersed plane meets a current of fluid long side foremost,
or in broadside aspect, it sustains more pressure than when
placed short side foremost. Hence, long narrow wings are more
effective than short broad ones of the same area.