Definitions for projection
prəˈdʒɛk ʃənpro·jec·tion

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:2.7 / 3 votes

1. projectionnoun

   a prediction made by extrapolating from past observations

2. projectionnoun

   the projection of an image from a film onto a screen

3. project, projectionnoun

   a planned undertaking

4. projectionnoun

   any structure that branches out from a central support

5. projectionnoun

   any solid convex shape that juts out from something

6. projectionnoun

   (psychiatry) a defense mechanism by which your own traits and emotions are attributed to someone else

7. projection, acoustic projection, sound projectionnoun

   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"

8. projectionnoun

   the representation of a figure or solid on a plane as it would look from a particular direction

9. protrusion, projection, jut, juttingnoun

   the act of projecting out from something

10. expulsion, projection, ejection, forcing outnoun

    the act of expelling or projecting or ejecting

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. projectionnoun

   Something which projects, protrudes, juts out, sticks out, or stands out.

   The face of the cliff had many projections which are big enough for birds to nest on.

2. projectionnoun

   The action of projecting or throwing or propelling something.

3. projectionnoun

   The display of an image by devices such as movie projector, video projector, overhead projector or slide projector.

4. projectionnoun

   A forecast or prognosis obtained by extrapolation

5. projectionnoun

   A belief or assumption that others have similar thoughts and experiences as oneself

6. projectionnoun

   The image that a translucent object casts onto another object.

7. projectionnoun

   An image of an object on a surface of fewer dimensions.

8. projectionnoun

   A transformation of one thing into something else, e.g. applications of functions.

9. projectionnoun

   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.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Projectionnoun

   Etymology: from project.

   1. The act of shooting forwards.

   If the electrick be held unto the light, many particles thereof will be discharged from it, which motion is performed by the breath of the effluvium issuing with agility; for as the electrick cooleth, the projection of the atoms ceaseth. Brown.

   2. [ Projection, Fr.] Plan; delineation. See to PROJECT.

   For the bulk of the learners of astronomy, that projection of the stars is best, which includes in it all the stars in our horizon, reaching to the 38½ degree of the southern latitude. Isaac Watts, Improvement of the Mind.

   3. Scheme; plan of action.4. [ Projection, Fr.] In chemistry, an operation; crisis of an operation; moment of transmutation.

   A little quantity of the medicine, in the projection, will turn a sea of the baser metal into gold by multiplying. Francis Bacon.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Projectionnoun

   the act of throwing or shooting forward

2. Projectionnoun

   a jutting out; also, a part jutting out, as of a building; an extension beyond something else

3. Projectionnoun

   the act of scheming or planning; also, that which is planned; contrivance; design; plan

4. Projectionnoun

   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

5. Projectionnoun

   any method of representing the surface of the earth upon a plane

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Projection

   In linear algebra and functional analysis, a projection is a linear transformation P from a vector space to itself such that P² = P. That is, whenever P is applied twice to any value, it gives the same result as if it were applied once. It leaves its image unchanged. Though abstract, this definition of "projection" formalizes and generalizes the idea of graphical projection. One can also consider the effect of a projection on a geometrical object by examining the effect of the projection on points in the object.

U.S. National Library of MedicineRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Projection

   A defense mechanism, operating unconsciously, whereby that which is emotionally unacceptable in the self is rejected and attributed (projected) to others.

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. projection

   A method of representing geometrically on a plane surface varied points, lines, and surfaces not lying in any one plane: used in charts and maps, where it is of various kinds, as globular, orthographic, Mercator's, &c. In ship-building, an elevation taken amidship. (See BODY-PLAN.)

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. projection

   In mathematics, the action of giving a projectile its motion. It is also used to signify a scheme, plan, or delineation.

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1. projection

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Matched Categories

1. • Convex Shape
   • Defense Mechanism
   • Plan
   • Prediction
   • Propulsion
   • Psychiatry
   • Representation
   • Structure
   • Visual Communication

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'projection' in Nouns Frequency: #2877

How to pronounce projection?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

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   Natasha

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   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of projection in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of projection in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of projection in a Sentence

1. Jasmine Opperman:

   Boko Haram's power projection will gain an image boost with such a pledge.

2. AiR:

   We think we were born and we will die. But we don't realize that even birth and death is just a projection and that everything is a movie that is projected on this screen called life.

3. Scott Pace:

   It's not just our machines or our people that we send into space. It's our values. It's who we are. It's things like rule of law, democracy, human rights, and a free market economy i see Artemis and our human expansion into space as a projection of our American values. It's about diplomatically shaping this new domain that we depend on.

4. John Kelly:

   I see a projection of himself in his art, where he understands to some point that he has this monster inside of him, or he is a monster, and this monster may have come out.

5. Yvonne Chiu:

   All this new equipment -- fighter jets, carrier killing missiles, drones -- give China force projection capability. If all you need is regional defense you don't need all this, it signals China's ambition to be a global military force.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=projection
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Projection
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=projection
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/projection
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=projection
6. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=projection
7. ^ Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/59563/pg59563-images.html