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projection
[ pruh-jek-shuhn ]
noun
- a projecting or protruding part.
Synonyms: , ,
- the state or fact of jutting out or protruding.
- a causing to jut or protrude.
- the act, process, or result of projecting.
- Also called map projection. Cartography. a systematic construction of lines drawn on a plane surface representative of and corresponding to the meridians and parallels of the curved surface of the earth or celestial sphere.
- Photography.
- the act of reproducing on a surface, by optical means, a remote image on a film, slide, etc.
- an image so reproduced.
- the act of visualizing and regarding an idea or the like as an objective reality.
- something that is so visualized and regarded.
- calculation of some future thing:
They fell short of their projection for the rate of growth.
Synonyms: , ,
- the act of communicating distinctly and forcefully to an audience.
- Psychology.
- the tendency to ascribe to another person feelings, thoughts, or attitudes present in oneself, or to regard external reality as embodying such feelings, thoughts, etc., in some way.
- Psychoanalysis. such an ascription relieving the ego of a sense of guilt or other intolerable feeling.
- the act of planning or scheming.
- Alchemy. the casting of the powder of philosophers' stone upon metal in fusion, to transmute it into gold or silver.
projection
/ əˈɛʃə /
noun
- the act of projecting or the state of being projected
- an object or part that juts out
- See map projection
- the representation of a line, figure, or solid on a given plane as it would be seen from a particular direction or in accordance with an accepted set of rules
- a scheme or plan
- a prediction based on known evidence and observations
- the process of showing film on a screen
- the image or images shown
- psychol
- the belief, esp in children, that others share one's subjective mental life
- the process of projecting one's own hidden desires and impulses See also defence mechanism
- the mixing by alchemists of powdered philosopher's stone with molten base metals in order to transmute them into gold
projection
/ ə-ĕ′ə /
- The image of a geometric figure reproduced on a line, plane, or surface.
- A system of intersecting lines, such as the grid of a map, on which part or all of the globe or another spherical surface is represented as a plane surface.
- See more at azimuthal projection
Derived Forms
- ˈپDzԲ, adjective
Other yvlog Forms
- ··پDz· [pr, uh, -, jek, -sh, uh, -nl], adjective
- ԴDzp·tDz noun
- -·tDz noun
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of projection1
Example Sentences
But the numbers still fall well short of initial projections of $900 million per year.
Part of this is his usual psychological projection, as Trump spends an inordinate amount of his work week on the golf course.
The mix of animation, photography, projection and motion tangles up an array of lens-based media to dissect representations of the human body.
Wisconsin voters have elected a Democratic-backed judge to serve on the state supreme court, according to projections, following the most expensive judicial election in US history.
But today, the 2050 projection is for just 40 million Californians.
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