projection
pro·jec·tion
noun
a prediction made by extrapolating from past observations
the projection of an image from a film onto a screen
(psychiatry) a defense mechanism by which your own traits and emotions are attributed to someone else
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”
the representation of a figure or solid on a plane as it would look from a particular direction
the act of projecting out from something
the act of expelling or projecting or ejecting
Origin
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.
Phrases
- first angle projection
- front projection
- point-projection perspective
- power projection
- projectional → projectionally
- Robinson projection
- spiny projection neuron
- third angle projection
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