- position, view, perspective - a way of regarding situations or topics etc.; "consider what follows from the positivist view"
--1 is a kind of orientation
--1 has particulars:bird's eye view, panoramic view; futurism; vanguard, forefront, cutting edge; paradigm; light; sight; Weltanschauung, world view; straddle - perspective, linear perspective - the appearance of things relative to one another as determined by their distance from the viewer
--2 is a kind of appearance, visual aspect
--2 has parts:vanishing point; horizon, apparent horizon, visible horizon, sensible horizon, skyline; picture plane