projection

  1. Noun.  Something which projects, protrudes, juts out, sticks out, or stands out.
  2. Noun.  The action of projecting or throwing or propelling something.
  3. Noun.  The display of an image by devices such as movie projector, video projector, overhead projector or slide projector.
  4. Noun.  A forecast or prognosis obtained by extrapolation.
  5. Noun.  (psychology) A belief or assumption that others have similar thoughts and experiences as oneself.
  6. Noun.  (photography) The image that a translucent object casts onto another object.
  7. Noun.  (geometry) An image of an object on a surface of fewer dimensions.
  8. Noun.  (mathematics) A transformation of one thing into something else, e.g. applications of functions.
  9. Noun.  (cartography) Any of several systems of intersecting lines that allow the curved surface of the earth to be represented on a flat surface. The set of mathematics used to calculate coordinate positions.

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This entry was last updated on RefTopia from its source on 3/20/2012.