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| call-in |
a telephone conversation between a listener or viewer and a radio or television host, which is broadcast on the host's show. [1/2 definitions] |
| cross hairs |
the two fine hairs, wires, or the like, one vertical and the other horizontal, that cross at right angles in an optical instrument such as a gunsight and that aid the viewer in aiming or focusing accurately. |
| foreground |
the part of something, such as a painting or photo, that is or appears to be nearest the viewer. (Cf. background.) [1/2 definitions] |
| guardant |
of an animal on a heraldic shield, depicted with the head facing the viewer and the body in profile. |
| nonviewer |
combined form of viewer. |
| objective correlative |
a literary description or a series of images that objectively depict a certain emotion and evoke that same emotion in the reader or viewer. |
| panorama |
a picture or pictorial presentation of such a view, presented to the viewer one frame or screen at a time. [1/3 definitions] |
| scenery |
surrounding land as it appears to a viewer; landscape. [1/2 definitions] |
| stabile |
a large abstract sculpture that remains stationary but presents different forms as the viewer walks around it. (Cf. mobile.) [1/3 definitions] |
| trompe l'oeil |
a painting or sculpture in which the illusions of three-dimensionality and tactile reality are so convincing that the viewer may not be sure if what is seen is real or represented. [1/2 definitions] |
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