In our speech there are a sufficient number of words and stable expressions, which we often use, without delving deeply into their meaning. Or, on the contrary, a person, using the word in the right but unusual sense, can stumble upon a wall of misunderstanding on the part of people who are used to using the term in a different context.
Such terms, as it seems to me, include the concept of “aspect”.
This concept is used by psychologists and journalists, politicians and educators. We hear it quite often and are already used to such phrases as “communication aspects” or “development aspect”. I am sure that the vast majority of people correctly understand the meaning of the word “aspect” in this context, namely, as a word denoting a side or one of the components of the phenomenon under consideration.
However, sometimes the use of this word can be surprising. For example: “The seasonal aspect of the color of poplar foliage has changed significantly in recent years” or “Ancient scholars paid special attention to the aspect of 150 degrees.” Agree, it sounds a little strange. Nevertheless, the use of the term in these sentences is not a mistake of the negligent author, it is quite justified. In the first sentence, an aspect is a biology term and indicates a specific feature by which changes in natural habitats are tracked. In the second term, it characterizes a certain arrangement of planets and is used in astrology.
Several other branches of knowledge and applied science use the concept of “aspect”. This is a unifying logical entity in one of
programming industries. It is a synonym in linguistics (for example, the word "opinion"). In astronomy, an aspect is a specific
arrangement of planets or other objects relative to the Sun or to each other. In psychology, this concept is used to denote approaches, types, and also the object of scientific research. Despite the variety of fields of application, the concept of an aspect as a point of view on a situation, problem, field of knowledge, or one of its components remains the most common.
As you can see, this concept has a fairly wide range of meanings, and it can be applied both in biology and in software development.
Another question is how appropriate will the use of this word be in a little-known meaning unknown to the masses?
Of course, this can surprise specialists for whom the unconventional use and meaning of the word “aspect” is part of professional terminology. But in ordinary conversation, such "cleverness" can play a cruel joke with the "expert". The interlocutors may perceive it as disrespect or deliberate bragging, and such a reaction of others is hardly the desired result.
Summing up, I want to say: any conversation will proceed easily and naturally, if the interlocutors do not try to “shine” with the depth of their knowledge. Speech, replete with obscure terms that are inappropriate for the situation, causes irritation, and it is difficult to call such a person a pleasant interlocutor.