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projection

noun
/pɹəˈd͡ʒɛkʃən/

Etymology

From either the Middle French projection or its etymon, the Classical Latin prōiectiō (stem: prōiectiōn-), from prōiciō, equivalent to project + -ion. Compare the Modern French projection, the German Projektion, and the Italian proiezione.

  1. borrowed from prōiectiō
  2. borrowed from projection

Definitions

  1. Something which projects, protrudes, juts out, sticks out, or stands out.

    • The face of the cliff had many projections that were big enough for birds to nest on.
    • Originally the opening had doubtless marked the projection of another road, but the scheme had come to nothing.

  2. The action of projecting or throwing or propelling something.

  3. The crisis or decisive point of any process, especially a culinary process.

  4. ›+ 12 more definitions

    1. The display of an image by devices such as movie projector, video projector, overhead…

      The display of an image by devices such as movie projector, video projector, overhead projector or slide projector.

    2. A forecast or prognosis obtained by extrapolation.

      • Some projections have estimated that Shah’s party is on track to secure around 184 seats in the 275-member House of Representatives.

    3. A belief or assumption that others have similar thoughts and experiences to one's own,…

      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.

      • Projection is another mechanism of defense and is one that is utilized almost universally to explain one's minor mistakes, and in many cases the minor failures as well. By projection we place the blame for our acts upon others....
      • The morality of patriarchy, Mary Daly argues, is charactrized by "a failure to lay claim to that part of the psyche that is then projected onto 'the Other.'"

    4. The image that a translucent object casts onto another object.

    5. Any of several systems of intersecting lines that allow the curved surface of the earth…

      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.

    6. An image of an object on a surface of fewer dimensions.

    7. An idempotent linear transformation which maps vectors from a vector space onto a…

      An idempotent linear transformation which maps vectors from a vector space onto a subspace.

    8. A transformation which extracts a fragment of a mathematical object.

    9. A morphism from a categorical product to one of its (two) components.

    10. The preservation of the properties of lexical items while generating the phrase structure…

      The preservation of the properties of lexical items while generating the phrase structure of a sentence. See Projection principle.

    11. A supposed mechanism for the transmutation of large quantities of base metals.

      • I speak not here of Projection, whereby one part of an Aurifick Powder is said to turn I know not how many 100 or 1000 parts of an ignobler metal into silver or gold […]
      • [Helmont] says, on another occasion, that an adept, after a few days of acquaintance, presented him with half a grain of the powder of projection, with which he transmuted nine ounces of quicksilver into pure gold.

    12. The distance the scent of a perfume radiates off the skin.

      • SKIN SCENT¶ A fragrance with low projection. One which stays close to the skin because the materials used to make it are less volatile.

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Derived

first angle projection, front projection, point-projection perspective, power projection, projectional → projectionally, projectionism, projectionist, projectionless, Robinson projection, spiny projection neuron, third angle projection, time projection chamber, astroprojection, autoprojection, backprojection, deprojection, eigenprojection, holoprojection, microprojection, misprojection, nonprojection, overprojection, reprojection, retroprojection

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at projection. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at projection. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at projection

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA