projection
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projection (plural projections)
- 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.
- 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) something like a shadow, that an object casts onto another object.
- (mathematics) transformations of one thing into something else, e.g. applications of functions.
[edit] Synonyms
- (something which sticks out): protuberance
[edit] Derived terms
- project
- 3D projection
- axonometric projection
- dimetric projection
- graphical projection
- oblique projection
- orthographic projection
- parallel projection
- perspective projection
- isometric projection
- trimetric projection
[edit] Translations
something which projects outwards
forecast or prognosis
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