projection
/pɹəˈd͡ʒɛkʃən/ noun
Forms projections
- noun Something which projects, protrudes, juts out, sticks out, or stands out. “The face of the cliff had many projections that were big enough for birds to nest on.”
- noun The action of projecting or throwing or propelling something.
- noun (archaic) The crisis or decisive point of any process, especially a culinary process.
- noun The display of an image by devices such as movie projector, video projector, overhead projector or slide projector.
- noun A forecast or prognosis obtained by extrapolation.
- noun (psychology) A belief or assumption that others have similar thoughts and experiences to one's own, including making accusations that would more fittingly apply to the accuser.
- noun (photography) The image that a translucent object casts onto another object.
- noun (cartography) Any of several systems of intersecting lines that allow the curved surface of the earth to be represented on a flat surface. The set of mathematics used to calculate coordinate positions.
Synonyms
protuberance appendix project acoustic projection sound projection protrusion jut jutting expulsion ejection forcing out
Etymology
From either the Middle French projection or its etymon, the Classical Latin prōiectiō (stem: prōiectiōn-), from prōiciō, equivalent to project + -ion. Compare the Modern French projection, the German Projektion, and the Italian proiezione.
Webster’s 1913
- noun The act of throwing or shooting forward.
- noun A jutting out; also, a part jutting out, as of a building; an extension beyond something else.
Etymology [L. projectio: cf. F. projection.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “projection”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details