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projection meaning and definition
Definition and meaning of projection at MeaningMonkey.org. projection meaning and definition in the English Dictionary.PROJECTION noun
Definition of projection (noun)
- a prediction made by extrapolating from past observations
- the projection of an image from a film onto a screen
- a planned undertaking
- synonyms: project
- any structure that branches out from a central support
- any solid convex shape that juts out from something
- (psychiatry) a defense mechanism by which your own traits and emotions are attributed to someone else
- 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"
- synonyms: acoustic projection, sound projection
- the representation of a figure or solid on a plane as it would look from a particular direction
- the act of projecting out from something
- synonyms: jut, jutting, protrusion
- the act of expelling or projecting or ejecting
- synonyms: ejection, expulsion, forcing out
Source: Princeton University Wordnet