Projection
WordNet
noun
(1) The act of expelling or projecting or ejecting
(2) The act of projecting out from something
(3) Any structure that branches out from a central support
(4) The representation of a figure or solid on a plane as it would look from a particular direction
(5) A prediction made by extrapolating from past observations
(6) A planned undertaking
(7) The projection of an image from a film onto a screen
(8) The acoustic phenomenon that gives sound a penetrating quality
"Our ukuleles have been designed to have superior sound and projection"
"A prime ingredient of public speaking is projection of the voice"
(9) (psychiatry) a defense mechanism by which your own traits and emotions are attributed to someone else
(10) Any solid convex shape that juts out from something
WiktionaryText
Noun
- Something which projects, protrudes, juts out, sticks out, or stands out.
- The face of the cliff had many projections which are big enough for birds to nest on.
- The display of an image by devices such as movie projector, video projector, overhead projector or slide projector.
- A forecast or prognosis obtained by extrapolation
- A belief or assumption that others have similar thoughts and experiences as oneself
- The image that a translucent object casts onto another object.
- Something like a shadow, that an object casts onto another object.
- A transformation of one thing into something else, e.g. applications of functions.