What does "foreshortening" mean?

A technique for creating the appearance that the object of a drawing is extending into space by shortening the lines with which that object is drawn.

Foreshortening

Common synonyms include: abbreviation, abridgment, abstract, compress, compression, condensation.

noun, verb

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Noun

1
A technique for creating the appearance that the object of a drawing is extending into space by shortening the lines with which that object is drawn. countable, uncountable
2
A similar contracted appearance in film or photography, etc. countable, uncountable

Verb

1
present participle and gerund of foreshorten form-of, gerund, participle, present

"The other figures in the painting are depicted with slight foreshortening."