projection.
Something which projects, protrudes, juts out, sticks out, or stands out.
Meaning & usage
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.
The action of projecting or throwing or propelling something.
The crisis or decisive point of any process, especially a culinary process.
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 to one's own, including making accusations that would more fittingly apply to the accuser.
The image that a translucent object casts onto another object.
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.
An image of an object on a surface of fewer dimensions.
An idempotent linear transformation which maps vectors from a vector space onto a subspace.
A transformation which extracts a fragment of a mathematical object.
A morphism from a categorical product to one of its (two) components.
The preservation of the properties of lexical items while generating the phrase structure of a sentence. See Projection principle.
A supposed mechanism for the transmutation of large quantities of base metals.
The distance the scent of a perfume radiates off the skin.
Where this word comes from
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.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.