FORESHORTENING is validvalid

the act of foreshortening [n FORESHORTENINGS] / FORESHORTEN, [v FORESHORTENED, FORESHORTENING, FORESHORTENS] : FORESHORTENING [v]

188,588 of 196,601 in NWL2023·also valid in CSW24

a shortening by proportionately contracting in the direction of depth so that an illusion of projection or extension in space is obtained [n -S]