projection

Definitions

1. 1noun

   The act of throwing or shooting forward.

2. 2noun

   A jutting out; also, a part jutting out, as of a building; an extension beyond something else.

3. 3noun

   The act of scheming or planning; also, that which is planned; contrivance; design; plan.

4. 4noun

   The representation of something; delineation; plan; especially, the representation of any object on a perspective plane, or such a delineation as would result were the chief points of the object thrown forward upon the plane, each in the direction of a line drawn through it from a given point of sight, or central point; as, the projection of a sphere. The several kinds of projection differ according to the assumed point of sight and plane of projection in each.

5. 5noun

   Any method of representing the surface of the earth upon a plane.

6. 6noun

   the act of expelling or projecting or ejecting

   Synonyms

   ejectionexpulsion
7. 7noun

   the act of projecting out from something

   Synonyms

   jutjuttingprotrusion
8. 8noun

   any structure that branches out from a central support

9. 9noun

   the representation of a figure or solid on a plane as it would look from a particular direction

10. 10noun

    a prediction made by extrapolating from past observations

11. 11noun

    a planned undertaking

    Synonyms

    project
12. 12noun

    the projection of an image from a film onto a screen

13. 13noun

    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"

14. 14noun

    (psychiatry) a defense mechanism by which your own traits and emotions are attributed to someone else

15. 15noun

    any solid convex shape that juts out from something