projective

English

Etymology

Formed by the suffixation of prōiect- (the perfect passive participial stem of the Classical Latin prōiciō, whence the English verb project) with the English -ive; however, compare the post-Classical Latin prōiectīvus (“relating to purging”).

Adjective

projective

1. projecting outward
2. of, relating to, or caused by a projection
3. (mathematics) describing those properties of a figure that are invariant upon projection

Derived terms

projective algebraic manifold projective collineation projective cone projective correlation projective differential geometry projective frame projective general linear group projective general orthogonal group projective general unitary group projective geometry projective Hilbert space

projective identification projective line projective linear group projective module projective object projective plane projective plane dissection projective representation projective set projective space

projective special orthogonal group projective special unitary group projective symplectic group projective test projective texture mapping projective transformation projective unitary group projective variety projective vector field projectivism

Related terms

• projection