projection
Something which projects, protrudes, juts out, sticks out, or stands out.
Example
“The face of the cliff had many projections that were big enough for birds to nest on.”
Other meanings
The action of projecting or throwing or propelling something.
The display of an image by devices such as movie projector, video projector, overhead projector or slide projector.
Related words
- first angle projection
- power projection
- Robinson projection
- third angle projection
- projectionism
- front projection
- time projection chamber
- projectionist
- projectionless
- point-projection perspective
- spiny projection neuron
- astroprojection
Word history
From Latin "prōiectiō".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “projection” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.