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Foreshortening is the art of representing figures and objects as they appear to the eye, viewed in positions varying from the perpendicular.

From Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects, and Curiosities of Art, (Vol. 2 of 3) by Spooner, Shearjashub

Foreshortening, fōr-short′n-ing, n. a term in drawing signifying that a figure or portion of a figure projecting towards the spectator is so represented as to truly give the idea of such projection.—v.t.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various