projection in English dictionary

  • projection

    Meanings and definitions of "projection"

    • Something which projects, protrudes, juts out, sticks out, or stands out.
    • The action of projecting or throwing or propelling something.
    • 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
    • (psychology) A belief or assumption that others have similar thoughts and experiences as oneself
    • (photography) The image that a translucent object casts onto another object.
    • (geometry) An image of an object on a surface of fewer dimensions.
    • (mathematics) A transformation of one thing into something else, e.g. applications of functions.
    • (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.
    • noun
      Something which projects, protrudes, juts out, sticks out, or stands out.
    • noun
      The action of projecting or throwing or propelling something.
    • 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 as oneself
    • 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.
    • noun
      (geometry)
      An image of an object on a surface of fewer dimensions.
    • noun
      (linear algebra)
      An idempotent linear transformation which maps vectors from a vector space onto a subspace.
    • noun
      (mathematics)
      A transformation which extracts a fragment of a mathematical object.
    • noun
      (category theory)
      A morphism from a categorical product to one of its (two) components.
    • mathematics: transformation
    • something which projects outwards
    • display of an image by a projector
    • forecast or prognosis
    • psychology: belief or assumption that others have similar thoughts and experiences as oneself
    • photography: image cast by a translucent object
    • geometry: image of an object
    • The selection in a query of a subset of the properties or columns in the data source.
    • A forecast of future trends in the operation of a business.
    • A magnified image created by light thrown upon a semireflective surface.
    • The method by which the curved surface of the globe is represented on a flat sheet of paper.
    • (method of) projection
    • noun
      any solid convex shape that juts out from something
    • noun
      any structure that branches out from a central support
    • noun
      a planned undertaking
    • noun
      a prediction made by extrapolating from past observations
    • noun
      (psychiatry) a defense mechanism by which your own traits and emotions are attributed to someone else
    • noun
      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"
    • noun
      the act of expelling or projecting or ejecting
    • noun
      the act of projecting out from something
    • noun
      the projection of an image from a film onto a screen
    • noun
      the representation of a figure or solid on a plane as it would look from a particular direction

    Synonyms of "projection" in English dictionary

    expulsion, defence reaction, jut are the top synonyms of "projection" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of projection

    • projection ( plural  projections)
    • projection (plural projections)
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