projection

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Singular
projection

Plural
projections

projection (plural projections)

  1. 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. The display of an image by devices such as movie projector, video projector, overhead projector or slide projector.
  3. A forecast or prognosis obtained by extrapolation
  4. (psychology) A belief or assumption that others have similar thoughts and experiences as oneself
  5. (photography) The image that a translucent object casts onto another object.
  6. (geometry) Something like a shadow, that an object casts onto another object.
  7. (mathematics) A transformation of one thing into something else, e.g. applications of functions.

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