How To Use Dictate In A Sentence

Obviously, I'm not Catholic, but I think it takes a lot of effrontery for the media to try to dictate the doctrine for Catholics.
It also provides a condensed primer to some of the issues at stake in American avant-garde cinema, which, partly because of its historical opposition to the dictates of commercial mainstream moviemaking and partly because it resists commodification unlike, say, abstract painting, oppositional cinema doesn't rack up big sales at Sotheby's, has been relegated to the status of museum pieces and festival marginalia. NYT > Home Page
And of course the guests and limpets also had to be depilated, washed, and have their hair dressed in an order dictated by protocol. Wildfire
Another (even greater) problem was that she was unwilling to submit to her dictates or prostrate herself in abject submission.
New staff roles dictate new management structures.

This principle dictates that records should be kept arranged in the order in which they were found.
Tough as steel in his adherence to principle, resilient, placable, self-less and generous beyond the dictates of fashion, steadfast in friendship, but not at the price of reason, he strides the world of mathematics a happy warrior.
The effective level of tax then is dictated by government outlays.
The line should allow the Seahawks to play smash-mouth football when the game situation or weather dictates.
This was not an easy decision. It is, however, a decision that we feel is dictated by our duty.
The ability of the market to dictate who should and who should not have influence at the Federal Reserve continues.
However, tactical considerations may dictate that some conditions and definition terms are omitted from the vendors' draft of the heads.
I think that the second point might be a little abstract to understand, but what is boggling my mind is are these two ideas that dictate our morality and state of mind mutually exclusive?
We wanted to show the Russians we had options, that they couldn't dictate prices to us.
Any such definitive analysis, however, would need to respond, at the very least, both to his at once ‘avant- garde’ and hard-headedly commercial use of abstracted, deliberately over-stylised backgrounds and movements, and to the logical circularity which repeatedly dictates the emotional lives of his characters.
Convention dictates that a minister should resign in such a situation.
If the listing is accompanied by a share issue, it will be the subscription period and other formalities which dictate the timetable.
It is the force which subjects producers and resource suppliers to the dictates of buyer or consumer sovereignty.
Once the policy of factoring is established, the factor will dictate credit terms.
This does not imply a policing policy that dictates arts production and amplifies ethnic divisions.
Islamic custom dictates that women should be fully covered.
The laws of physics dictate that what goes up must come down.
He said the company had always had two move workers between the two bases depending on where the work was, but now circumstances dictated closure of the Scalloway workshop for the time being.
However, if the most recent 50 years in the history of war have truly been dictated by ideological instead of resource motivations, the period would represent a unique aberration.
I do solemnly swear that I will obey all laws commands and dictates of our leader - for he has lovely teeth.
Who dictates that rashers, eggs, sausages, milk and cornflakes are what we should eat for breakfast?
Ruling the country as his own personal fiefdom, he has imposed placemen in key positions of power and dictated policy. Times, Sunday Times
She could do nothing for herself, she could only obey Joan's dictates, and this she did in listless misery. That Lass o' Lowrie's: A Lancashire Story
We poured our own drinks, dictated which songs should be played and pretty much did whatever we wanted.
When all is said and done, what we are up against is every man's reluctance to do his duty, to abide by the dictates of society.
Circumstances dictated that they played a defensive rather than attacking game.
Common sense dictates that most people, awash in their own ignorance, far prefer to lecture than be lectured to.
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Trying to reverse the dictate given or negotiate better terms seems fruitless.
Ho Humm, and so it goes like turkey, salmon, chicken and even veggie burgers is a mindset I have to dance around in, because health conditions can at times dictate which way to go. The wonderful world of Soy!
However, the decision is only advisory and will in no way dictate the outcome of a separate decision-making process.
However, love will dictate that Tony at least pick up after himself.
They cower down and allow him to dictate the pace rather than being an elective body.
The beau monde even dictates style to the overfed Prince of Wales, ridiculous in his pantaloons, and to soignée duchesses, who trade in their silks and satins for cotton, the ‘poor stuff’ of the French Revolution.
Strategic aims and circumstances have traditionally dictated campaign concepts.
Islamic custom dictates that women should be fully covered.
A once-in-a-lifetime chance to start a business of your own, for instance, may dictate staking everything you're worth on it.
The president has dictated some letters to his secretary.
That too the baby seemed to dictate.
Common sense dictates that it is dangerous to use a mobile phone while driving.
Watching hockey FoxTrax makes it seem you can dictate the action.
The result is a game of spot the allusion, with the final mass exodus dictated more by Chekhovian precedent than any kind of political logic.
cowing" other sources into following their dictates. Gay/Lesbian Forum
Tradition dictates that once the oven and its contents are sealed for baking, a bottle of mezcal is placed within the hill of earth. BBQ Goat In Oaxaca: The Pomp, Ceremony And Tradition
Dresser's style was never dictated by dogmatic theories, but had a general affinity to the art of the early English Middle Ages and also suggested his admiration for Asian art.
The building is orientated towards the north, as dictated by the topography, with the main entrances to the east and west.
No person of a strong character likes to be dictated to.
Washington trying 'to dictate its rules' By Dalila Mahdawi Daily BEIRUT: Hizbullah on Tuesday lambasted what it called brazen American interference in Lebanon's Star staff Monday, June 01, 2009 - Powered by ... WN.com - Articles related to Hudson will return to Chicago to film ABC special
We have what I call a dependency syndrome, which discourages people from taking initiative unless they follow the dictates of some group," Bolton said. Valdosta Daily Times Homepage
Hard facts of terrain, distance, and a determined enemy would dictate military progress or the lack of it.
At one point, she called a family meeting to discuss repeated requests for assistance, but before they gathered, she asked God to dictate the words she would use.
Difficulty of assessment or apportionment should not dictate an unjust or inappropriate costs order.
It is often circumstances that dictate what fish have been put together.
In fact, the establishment of a standard of review often dictates the rule of decision in a case, which is beyond Congress's constitutional power.
Charles, I don't have a magic wand to wave and I'm not going to dictate to you. ABSOLUTE TRUTHS
The great increase in the dimensions of modern class-rooms was dictated by physical hygiene; the ambient air space is measured by "cubature" in relation to the physical needs of respiration; and for the same reason, lavatories were multiplied, and bathrooms were installed; physical hygiene further decreed the introduction of concrete floors and washable dadoes, of central heating, and in many cases of meals, while gardens or broad terraces are already looked upon as essentials for the physical well-being of the child. Spontaneous Activity in Education
Federal funds have to be used as dictated by Washington.
Heaven will enable me to be reconciled to the event, because I pursue the dictates of that judgment, against the biasses of my more partial heart Sir Charles Grandison
How do animals dictate the correct proportional sizes for their body parts?
For example, bowstrings were easily split, spear shafts easily broken and use of the arquebus often dictated by the weather.
'I was determined that she was not going to dictate my future - any more than my mother has tried to do. GOODBYE CURATE
Mrs Jellyby, sitting in quite a nest of waste paper, drank coffee all the evening, and dictated at intervals to her eldest daughter.
I try to tread a not-middle line between following the pure dictates of cold logic which would involve going to the gym as well as not being in any political party and the kind of obsequious loyalty and jam-tomorrow logic you see in members of the other two parties. What did Evan Harris actually say?
The Holtham Commission, one of the most thorough reviews of the distribution of public expenditure in the UK, concluded that if the formula used to apportion public expenditure in England were applied to the devolved administrations, Wales would receive nearly £400m more per annum, and Scotland around £4bn less, compared with the apportionments dictated by a creaking Barnett formula. We are still a nation divided by shameful economic injustice | The big issue
Tax considerations should not dictate investment judgment.
The limitations on entry, the exaction of high entrance fees, and the social distinctions inherent in the master-journeyman-apprentice division alone dictate so. Anis Shivani: Creative Writing Programs: Is The MFA System Corrupt And Undemocratic?
Moral of story: regardless of what the Mexican constitution might say, one's experience in purchasing land or building homes is dictated by whatever local authority one is dealing with. Visa Requirements for Building in Mexico?
Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. Independence Day (Blog for Democracy)
Consequently there is a change in excitation and the motor starts to accelerate at a rate dictated by the load parameters.
It presumably influenced word choice in the original, since the poet uses a variety of words e.g. eoten, thyrse to refer to Grendel, so they were presumably sufficiently close in meaning to do duty for each other as the metre dictated. Old English gods and myths: Eotens
These two aspects together dictate the specific characteristics of a given model, or paradigm.
Firstly, that while we have certain leeway in selecting the tasks for our troops within the alliance, we have not full licence to dictate the type of weapons our troops are to use in carrying out these commitments. The Future of Canadian Defence in the Nuclear Era
There may be important public policy issues which dictate that the implied terms as to quality should extend even to private sellers.
Road closures and virtually impassable conditions may dictate that you make alternate plans for or perhaps just delay a couple of days that anticipated trek up to the Sierra for a weekend ecotour. Stormy Weather: Rainy Season In Oaxaca
Everyday, mundane energies dictate that you let go of dishonest or negative relationships, especially those that undermine you, or draw forth your lower self.
The pastor called in his secretary and dictated a letter to Scott saying he and the elders would meet him.
Anyhow, as barbeque protocol dictates we all ate far too much.
They increased their own effectiveness as a result, by improving the stability of their constituents, but at the same time they helped train an efficient modern work force and reduced the multitude of individual resistances to industrial society, ranging from idling on the job to theft and sabotage, that suggested far more fundamental hostility to modernity than the dictates of reason could counte - nance. PROTEST MOVEMENTS
He saw, as he supposed, "the Okimow in peril of his life," and acted according to the dictates of his accursedly poor discretion. The Arctic Prairies : a Canoe-Journey of 2,000 Miles in Search of the Caribou; Being the Account of a Voyage to the Region North of Aylemer Lake
It is this sort of nonsense that makes the whole world get to grip with the term schadenfreude whitout really disliking the brits, England claim they invented football but it is long gone since they can dictate who or were the game is to be played. Sport news, comment and results | guardian.co.uk
They had to act according to the dictates of the political masters.
That makes editors toe the line dictated by interests financially controlling the publication.
TV was a Cool medium, according to McLuhan, because it did not dictate the participant actively engage in order to participate.
In England, France, and generally on the Continent notions of legislative supremacy dictated that the popularly elected parts of government were not to be restrained by appointed judges.
However, there is never an excuse for capitulating and surrendering the public interest to the dictates of the market.
Since he dictates all of his written work, the way he writes and the way he talks are identical: ornate, elaborate, old-fashioned, yet incisive and clear.
This is a world where lives, character, tastes, moral capacity, sexual preferences, etc., are more often than not dictated by genetic makeup.
It's one thing to ask a correspondent to agree to terms of confidentiality before they read the message, but to dictate the terms afterwards?
Soviet policy was dictated by conventional considerations of national defense, not international revolutionary strategy.
We also made it clear that both dose and frequency should be adjusted as dictated by serum concentrations.
The officers were more or less able to dictate terms to successive governments.
The media cannot be allowed to dictate to the government.
The logistics of mounting such a show dictated that only artists from the first six years of the project be invited - all forty four of them.
Otherwise we shall see a continuing decline over and above that which increased productivity would normally dictate.
The structural preference of lipid mixtures for the lamellar or hexagonal phase is dictated by the minimization of molecular free energies of the component molecules.
From the darkened bar from which I dictate this missive, I can hear the starter engines revving up!
Desperate to impress after his call-up to Sven Goran Eriksson's squad, the battling midfielder tried to dictate the attacks.
The more I read this passage of the report, the more I wondered if it had been dictated by Bob Diamond CEO of Barclays and former head of its investment banking arm BarCap, rather as the TGWU's Jack Jones rewrote Barbara Castle's proposed secret ballots for strike action. Yet again, a chance to rein in the bankers has been squandered | Will Hutton
On the contrary, as all resistance whatsoever of the dictates of conscience, even in the way of natural efficiency, brings a kind of hardness and stupefaction upon it; so the resistance of these peculiar suggestions of the Spirit will cause in it also a judicial hardness, which is yet worse than the other. Sermons Preached Upon Several Occasions. Vol. II.
The teacher dictated a passage to the class.
It's Valentine's Day but fortunately my wife and I both find the idea of dictated romance unappealing.
The Lava revisionist group openly capitulated to the Marcos regime and misrepresented it as representative of the national bourgeoisie, as one interested in “noncapitalist development”and as one trying hard to free itself from a U.S. dictated policy of “neocolonial industrialization.” Introduction to Philippine Economy and Politics - Jose Maria Sison CPP
At its heart is the unsurprising premise that personal experience dictates how we interpret information.
Watching hockey FoxTrax makes it seem you can dictate the action.
As a mason, he would mix socially with other masons, many of them local police officers, the theory dictates.
There could be few things more dogmatic than the many dictates of Leftist political correctness!
But I am a whole and complete person, and I cannot let those people dictate to me what role I'm supposed to play in society.
No man has the right to dictate what other men should perceive, create or produce, but all should be encouraged to reveal themselves, their perceptions and emotions, and to build confidence in the creative spirit. Ansel Adams
Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. The Declaration of Independence
Those photons are said to be circularly polarized, and their precise path is dictated by the molecule that sets them spinning.
Ullrich performed a two-wheeled sidestep around the pair and, as professional cycling ethics dictate, the entire lead group slowed while Armstrong and Mayo remounted.
The President is so powerful that he is able to dictate to the government.
These communication rules, which are quite intricate, dictate what a company can and cannot say once its I. P. O. document, known as a registration statement, is filed with the S. E.
But De Vaux was influenced only by his general prejudices, which dictated to him the assured belief that a wily Italian priest, a false-hearted Scot, and an infidel physician, formed a set of ingredients from which all evil, and no good, was likely to be extracted. The Talisman
While a vocal segment of public opinion expressed fear of becoming too closely aligned with the United States, the onset of the Cold War dictated otherwise.
Time, responsibilties and a number of other factors dictate as they did for the folks above, that sometimes, an outfitter is the way to go. Exclusive Video: Is This the Walking Record Whitetail?
I didn't let other people dictate to me what path to follow.
Here in the Eastern Conference final, where half-court drudgery is dictated by a Detroit Pistons outfit that wants no part of sleek showmanship, NBA basketball becomes less an art than a painstaking process both to play and watch. USATODAY.com - Nets sweep road set from Pistons
They were pooped, but consuetude dictated that they remain upright for another 30 minutes.
For all the easy going humour, Channon's competitive streak dictates that he would find it hard to take in the concept of a friendly game of tiddlywinks.
As the classical Greek tragedy bible dictates, the spurned queen is duty-bound to seek vengeance, and both innocent and guilty are indiscriminately caught up in the inevitable bloodbath and terrifying climax.
Good managers know that fear can not be allowed to dictate organizational policy.
The difference in the weight of the whorl, the degree of teasing and the skill of the spinner dictated the quality of the thread.
The dictates of scheduling and age profile are a product of the increasing imposition of marketing priorities and not the instincts of broadcasting.
What state laws give them the authority to create their own rules and dictate to property owners what they can and cannot do?
My OOS was really bad around then, so I dictated a text message and Eleanor punched it in for me.
But, aside from them, my departures from the "literal" which have been obelized by Mr. Nabokov (I hope he has to look up that word) were dictated by the desire to do justice to Pushkin in preserving some poetic tone. The Strange Case of Pushkin and Nabokov
I would add to that concern the troubles that eventuate, as in the case of medical care, when government presumes to decide purchasing preferences -- to choose product winners or dictate consumer consumption patterns. Gary Puckrein: The Democratization of Health Care:The Case Against Individual Retail Transactions
The skip pass completed, every defensive player moved with player movement and flight of the ball as dictated by the rules.
I do not mean, that calling a boy Cicero will certainly make him an orator, or that all Jeremiahs are necessarily prophets; nor is it improbable, that the same peculiarities in the parents, which dictate these expressive names, may direct the characters of the children, by controlling their education; but it is unquestionable, that the characteristics, and even the fortunes of the man, are frequently daguerreotyped by a name given in infancy. Western Characters or Types of Border Life in the Western States
The continuing schizophrenia of Partition dictates our collective romance with the border, and the different avatars it assumes within the public sphere.
Practical design problems dictate that soil mechanics and engineering geology be closely related.
How unpopular would a president need to be before his unpopularity made it safe to follow the dictates of your own principles?
The ability to touch-type is greatly overrated unless you are the secretary - sorry, PA - to some antediluvian boss who still wants to dictate letters.
She ached to challenge it, to challenge him, to take exception to his peremptory dictates. DEVIL'S BRIDE
I would hate to believe that this agenda is dictated by racist considerations or the colour of the skin.
Today nearly all, more than 90% of poultry growers, survive on the terms dictated in unfair production contracts crafted by the likes of Tyson, Perdue and Pilgrim's Pride. Dave Murphy: Farmers Look for Justice in the Poultry Industry
Unashamedly promiscuous, Slater's ambition dictates that a quick bonk can often be indispensable to an upwardly mobile career.
As the title dictates, I am nineteen years in age, resident of Minnesota; Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions
He urged people not to be surprised by sharp increases or drops in the value of the rupiah because the free-floating system allowed the market to fully dictate the currency's exchange rate.
Traveler decorum dictates that travelers are guests in the hospital.
In the former, the pastor or bishop or pope dictated terms, and the faithful responded or were punished.
Between 1996 and 2003, the proportion of women graduating from U.S. medical schools who chose more "controllable" lifestyles -- specialties allowing them to dictate hours spent on the job -- doubled. As Doctors Get a Life, Strains Show
How the qualifier draw treats you can often dictate how a team recovers from defeat in the championship.
The director dictated to her secretary.
Convention dictates that a minister should resign in such a situation.
Black tie dress is the most common outfit for men, although fashion may dictate not wearing a bow-tie, and musical performers sometimes do not adhere to this.
The wording of that label conformed with-in fact, was practically dictated by - FDA requirements. The Corner
The latest entry Sommer prowde with Daffadillies dight, Posted Saturday, April 30, 2005—there are no permalinks focuses on the word "dight," which I knew as an archaic word for 'adorn'; I probably once knew, but had forgotten, that it was from Latin dictāre 'to dictate, order.' Languagehat.com: DIGHT.
So Jeremiah called his trusty scribe Baruch and dictated all his messages. Saints & Scoundrels of the Bible
Human beings are going to resist cultural dictates that are too inconsistent with their innate desires.
One of the beauties of Springs is that you dictate the pace.
pursuant to the dictates of one's conscience
Words have a magical power. They can bring either the greatest happiness or deepestdespair; can transferknowledge from teacher to students words enable the orator to sway his audience and dictate its decisions .Words are capable of arousingthe strongest emotions and prompting all man's actions , Do not ridicule the use of words in psychotherapy.
In each of these a textbook may be present as a resource, but it does not dictate the curricular program.
The legs of his pants end above the tops of his shoes, a fashion preference dictated by the hours he spends ankle-deep in wet grass.
And, as it happens, my verdict on the material collected here is distinctly mixed; but I do not think it a verdict dictated solely by personal predilections.
In more recent times, grinding poverty forced villagers to marry off their daughters at a young age because society dictated the girls were a financial burden.
I suffer from obstructive sleep apnoea, a most distressing and dangerous condition which dictates my life completely.
The Japanese form of primogeniture dictated, for the issei generation of women, that the transfer of familial power and property was from husband to first-born son.
He cannot write but he can dictate.
Madame Tallien, who is supposed occasionally to dictate decrees to the Convention, presides with a more avowed and certain sway over the realms of fashion; and the Turkish draperies that may float very gracefully on a form like hers, are imitated by rotund sesquipedal Fatimas, who make one regret even the tight lacings and unnatural diminishings of our grandmothers. A Residence in France During the Years 1792 1793 1794 and 1795
The government tried to dictate to people how they should spend their money.
The IMF should not dictate how Mexico should run its monetary policies.
So it certainly fits with the Government's modus operandi, which is to have a Minister to control and dictate everything, and, where he cannot do that, to ignore a commission.
Engrossed in the latest dictates of Chanel and Valentino, she did not look up from her magazine when a final passenger boarded. A SONG AT TWILIGHT
Policy is not dictated from above and there is no descending chain of responsibility and authority.
‘I could dictate the words to you,’ he offered, sticking out a hand to receive the book.
Thus half the effort of benefit-cost analysis would devolve upon the firm, whose owners' best interests dictate accurate cost estimates.
Desperate to impress after his call-up to Sven Goran Eriksson's squad, the battling midfielder tried to dictate the attacks.
Opening his eyes halfway, Raeyn laboriously pulled up an electronic mail window on his computer and dictated a message to Antony, providing an outlet for his disquietude and tension.
I freaked out over the “baby bunny in the forest oh LOOK baby bunny is dead blood everywhere” stories that daughter wrote (dictated) and illustrated in preschool. Janie’s Got A Gun | Her Bad Mother
D darkness of calamity dash of eccentricity dawning of recognition day of reckoning daylight of faith decay of authority declaration of indifference deeds of prowess defects of temper degree of hostility delicacy of thought delirium of wonder depth of despair dereliction of duty derogation of character despoiled of riches destitute of power desultoriness of detail [desultoriness = haphazard; random] device of secrecy devoid of merit devoutness of faith dexterity of phrase diapason of motives [diapason = full, rich, harmonious sound] dictates of conscience difference of opinion difficult of attainment dignity of thought dilapidations of time diminution of brutality disabilities of age display of prowess distinctness of vision distortion of symmetry diversity of aspect divinity of tradition domain of imagination drama of action dream of vengeance drop of comfort ductility of expression dull of comprehension duplicities of might dust of defeat Fifteen Thousand Useful Phrases A Practical Handbook Of Pertinent Expressions, Striking Similes, Literary, Commercial, Conversational, And Oratorical Terms, For The Embellishment Of Speech And Literature, And The Improvement Of The Vocabulary Of Those Per
Japan, despite its post-war success, is still extraordinarily insular nation, even compared to China and Korea; this is partially a result of the inward-looking mentality fostered by a national policy whose external aspect is essentially dictated by the American protectorship. Matthew Yglesias » Bush and Asia
When we take our vacations is very much dictated by Greg's work schedule.
A goals-oriented execution environment where business-level service agreements dictate the execution priority of the business logic.
The emerging emphasis on individual rights which the Charter dictates is extremely costly for the justice system. Criminal Justice in the '80's: A Time of Challenge and Change
Equally worrying, the board structure dictated by co-determination saps good governance.
The whirligig of fashion trends dictated that the look of Zandra back in the Seventies is exactly the look of 2002-gypsy flounces, boots and floaty hippie blouses and dippy hemlines.
We need keen intellects and educated minds to weigh decisions that could mean life or death to millions and dictate the unforeseeable future.
Words have a magical power. They can bring either the greatest happiness or deepestdespair; can transferknowledge from teacher to students words enable the orator to sway his audience and dictate its decisions .Words are capable of arousingthe strongest emotions and prompting all man's actions , Do not ridicule the use of words in psychotherapy.
I would let verisimilitude and photogenics dictate my route more than proximity to Madison Square Garden.
For Brother Jack, individuals (even entire communities) are expendable, if the historical dialectic so dictates.
If we are to believe the Fashion Diva in The Devil Wears Prada, fashion -- even the clothes that ordinary people wear -- is dictated from the top down. Archive 2008-02-01
Of course military units must sometimes merge or be disbanded, as circumstances dictate; on this occasion, however, there is no such imperative.
Convention dictates that a minister should resign in such a situation.
The city's policy clearly violates the dictates of the Fair Labor Standards Act.
Now if they feel they should be able to dictate to their people who to vote for and who not, the least they can do is start paying their fair share of the tax burdon they have long shurked away onto the rest of us. Influential evangelical backs Grayson in Kentucky
It's never easy to put a dream on hold but the state of the British residential property market dictates that the individual home owner should take a hard stand against the forces of unreason.
If I did not think that what the British State is deliberately trying to do, to turn 70 million people into cretinoid uncritical enslaved barnyard animals, on purpose and via long-term strategic (and focussed) planning, I would think it was merely funny … …. it can dictate a "policy" about how our bodies go about interacting with other bodies. The Libertarian Alliance: BLOG
Glennon and Holmes reared up on the referee: ‘We're not going to be dictated to by television,’ Glennon told him.
I dictated an article to a newspaper copytaker not long ago, which included a reference to a 'field of barley'. Times, Sunday Times
The massive publicity dictated a response from the city government.
The perspective of three-dimensional objects in the two-dimensional image is dictated by the viewing geometry and the camera.

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