projection meaning and definition

PROJECTION noun

Definition of projection (noun)

1. a prediction made by extrapolating from past observations
2. the projection of an image from a film onto a screen
3. a planned undertaking
   • synonyms: project
4. any structure that branches out from a central support
5. any solid convex shape that juts out from something
6. (psychiatry) a defense mechanism by which your own traits and emotions are attributed to someone else
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"
   • synonyms: acoustic projection, sound projection
8. the representation of a figure or solid on a plane as it would look from a particular direction
9. the act of projecting out from something
   • synonyms: jut, jutting, protrusion
10. the act of expelling or projecting or ejecting
    • synonyms: ejection, expulsion, forcing out