projection

noun

1. a prediction made by extrapolating from past observations

Definition categories: thought, anticipation, prediction, prevision

2. the projection of an image from a film onto a screen

Definition categories: communication

3. a planned undertaking

Similar word(s): project

Definition categories: thought, plan, program, programme

4. any structure that branches out from a central support

Definition categories: man–made, construction, structure

5. any solid convex shape that juts out from something

Definition categories: shape, convexity

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

Definition categories: process, defence, defense

7. 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

Definition categories: phenomenon

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

Definition categories: man–made, representation

9. the act of projecting out from something

Similar word(s): jut, jutting, protrusion

Definition categories: act

10. the act of expelling or projecting or ejecting

Similar word(s): ejection, expulsion

Definition categories: act, actuation, propulsion