Projection
[prə'dʒekʃ(ə)n] or [prə'dʒɛkʃən]
Definition
(noun.) any structure that branches out from a central support.
(noun.) the representation of a figure or solid on a plane as it would look from a particular direction.
(noun.) a prediction made by extrapolating from past observations.
(noun.) the projection of an image from a film onto a screen.
(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.) (psychiatry) a defense mechanism by which your own traits and emotions are attributed to someone else.
(noun.) any solid convex shape that juts out from something.
Edited by Ahmed--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The act of throwing or shooting forward.
(n.) A jutting out; also, a part jutting out, as of a building; an extension beyond something else.
(n.) The act of scheming or planning; also, that which is planned; contrivance; design; plan.
(n.) 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.
(n.) Any method of representing the surface of the earth upon a plane.
Typist: Miranda
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Propulsion, throwing.[2]. Planning, designing, contriving.[3]. Prominence, protuberance, bulge, process.[4]. Plan, delineation, map.
Editor: William
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Protuberance, prominence, convexity, propulsion, emission
ANT:Recess, cavity, concavity, return, indentation, hollow, attraction, recoil,rebound, ricochet, reaction
Edited by Lilian
Examples
- Through this intermittent movement I obtain a longer period of rest for each picture, which accomplishes perfect projection of pictures without flicker. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The window, placed at the side of the oblong, looked to the blank wall of a similar projection, not above ten feet distant. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- The ladies had passed near it in their way along the valley, but it was screened from their view at home by the projection of a hill. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- Beneath the trees a flat projection of rock jutted out, and formed a species of natural platform. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- The heavy smoky air hung about her bedroom, which occupied the long narrow projection at the back of the house. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- The projection of the figures also increases the use of the instrument in designing patterns, for which purpose it has been employed with great advantage. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- With a fearful projection of the under-lip, implying an impetus of scorn the most decided, he broke out-- Je vis dans un trou! Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Concerning projection, this manufacturer said: Pictures cannot succeed without perfect projection, resulting in absolutely clear, flickerless pictures. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- He wanted to be at the tip of their projection. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The projection of consequences means a proposed or tentative solution. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- This bossy projection of earth above its natural level occupied the loftiest ground of the loneliest height that the heath contained. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- This was really the first American motion-picture projection machine. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Projection, invention, ingenuity, devising come in for that purpose. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- The projections that answered for cheeks were worn smooth by the passionate kisses of generations of pilgrims from distant lands. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
Edited by Edith