Merriam-Webster has a good little entry on the word:https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/foreshorten …
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The 'fore' is not the 'before and after' kind, but the 'foreground and background' kind. It means shortening the distance between foreground and background. So the opposite is forelengthened.
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Fore is greater than fore/aft like for but more. To illustrate före in Swedish could also mean road condition in snow typically on skies. Förlängd in Swedish would mean something like extended.
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This confused rather than illustrated but very entertaining factoid
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dilated (c.f. time-dilation)
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