1540s, "inspection," verbal noun from view (v.). From 1944 as "last presentation of a dead body before the funeral" (earlier viewing (of) the remains, 1920); from 1959 as "the [..]

Observing and comprehending a visual text, for example diagram, illustration, photograph, film, television documentary, multimedia. This sometimes involves listening to and reading accompanying writte [..]

(n) the display of a motion picture(n) a vigil held over a corpse the night before burial

The viewing offers relatives and friends of the deceased an opportunity to view the closed casket in private before the funeral ceremony

Viewing is one of the six language modes (reading, writing, viewing, listening, speaking and presenting). It involves processing texts that have visual features, which either stand alone or are used i [..]

  Setting the position and orientation of the viewer in a 3D world, which determine what will be visible when the 2D image of a 3D world is rendered.

A panel member (or guest) is defined to be viewing when they are present in a room with a TV set switched on.

lang=en 1800s=1813 * '''1813''' — . ''''. *: Elizabeth said no more — but her mind could not acquiesce. The possibility of meeting Mr. Darcy, while viewing the place, instantly occurred. It would b [..]