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foreshortening

 [for-shor´ten-ing]
a distortion that gives the appearance of decreased depth in an image that is being studied radiographically.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.

fore·shor·ten·ing

(fōr'shōrt-ĕn-ing)
radiology Radiographic distortion occurring where the image appears shorter than the object under study. Caused by excessive vertical angulation.
Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012

fore·shor·ten·ing

(fōr'shōrt-ĕn-ing)
radiology radiographic distortion occurring where the image appears shorter than the actual image.
Medical Dictionary for the Dental Professions © Farlex 2012
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During his foreshortened tour, Harry enjoyed a level of anonymity he has never experienced as a member of the Royal Family.
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1.5 x 1.25 inches Sprawled in tights On floorboards in the tiny Square of time drafted between Rehearsals near the end Of the war, page after page He browses something Distracting from the beginning Through, the spine Of the book broken His shoulder exhausted Foreshortened by the score He has all morning bent His body to, dark harmonies Forcing the world in To step with his own Without remorse He removes himself Gives in, pas A pas, to oblivion Reading himself beyond Men yet to return And others who never will The precise squares Of time he is Loaned so necessary So seldom spared.
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Harris excoriates the religious worldview's foreshortened use of fact and evidence, and produces a historical, misleading summaries of the most basic features of Muslim belief, geopolitical conflict, and religious thinking generally.
Her multiple-period awareness gives added substance to MacDonald's insistence that "[sleeking to recover black women entirely from within slavery inaccurately foreshortens what might be termed their representational presence in the west" (16).
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