projection

pro•jec•tion n.

[uncountable] the act of projecting.
[countable] something that sticks out or stands out over an edge.
an estimate of some future cost, amount, or the like:[countable]sales projections for next year.

pro•jec•tion n.

a projecting or protruding part.
the state or fact of jutting out or protruding.
a causing to jut or protrude.
the act, process, or result of projecting.
Geography[Cartog.]a systematic construction of lines drawn on a plane surface representative of and corresponding to the meridians and parallels of the curved surface of the earth or celestial sphere.
Photography
- the act of reproducing on a surface, by optical means, a remote image on a film, slide, etc.
- an image so reproduced.
the act of visualizing and regarding an idea or the like as an objective reality.
something that is so visualized and regarded.
calculation of some future thing:They fell short of their projection for the rate of growth.
the act of communicating distinctly and forcefully to an audience.
Psychology
- the tendency to ascribe to another person feelings, thoughts, or attitudes present in oneself, or to regard external reality as embodying such feelings, thoughts, etc., in some way.
- [Psychoanal.]such an ascription relieving the ego of a sense of guilt or other intolerable feeling.
the act of planning or scheming.
[Alchemy.]the casting of the powder of philosophers' stone upon metal in fusion, to transmute it into gold or silver.

pro•jec•tion•al adj.

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projection /prəˈdʒɛkʃən/ n

the act of projecting or the state of being projected
an object or part that juts out
See map projection
the representation of a line, figure, or solid on a given plane as it would be seen from a particular direction or in accordance with an accepted set of rules
a scheme or plan
a prediction based on known evidence and observations
- the process of showing film on a screen
- the image or images shown
- the belief, esp in children, that others share one's subjective mental life
- the process of projecting one's own hidden desires and impulses See also defence mechanism

proˈjectional adj

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