projection

/pɹədʒˈɛkʃən/ · 3 syllables

Meaning

noun

a prediction made by extrapolating from past observations
the projection of an image from a film onto a screen
a planned undertaking
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”
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
the act of expelling or projecting or ejecting

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