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      projection
      noun
      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.
      A forecast or prognosis obtained by extrapolation
      Something which projects, protrudes, juts out, sticks out, or stands out.
      (psychology) A belief or assumption that others have similar thoughts and experiences to one's own, including making accusations that would more fittingly apply to the accuser.
      (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.
      (geometry) An image of an object on a surface of fewer dimensions.
      (linear algebra) An idempotent linear transformation which maps vectors from a vector space onto a subspace.
      (mathematics) A transformation which extracts a fragment of a mathematical object.
      (perfumery) The distance the scent of a perfume radiates off the skin.
      (grammar) The preservation of the properties of lexical items while generating the phrase structure of a sentence. See Projection principle.
      (photography) The image that a translucent object casts onto another object.
      (category theory) A morphism from a categorical product to one of its (two) components.
      (archaic) The crisis or decisive point of any process, especially a culinary process.
      (alchemy, obsolete) A supposed mechanism for the transmutation of large quantities of base metals.
      Roots
      propro- · Latin · forth, forwardiacio-ject · Latin · throw
      Synonyms for projection
      protrusionnpredictionnjuttingnextrapolationnprognosticationnimageryn
      Words related to projection
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