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pro⋅jec⋅tion

  [pruh-jek-shuhn]
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–noun
1. a projecting or protruding part.
2. the state or fact of jutting out or protruding.
3. a causing to jut or protrude.
4. the act, process, or result of projecting.
5. Cartography. a systematic construction of lines drawn on a plane surface representative of and corresponding to the meridians and parallels of the curved surface of the earth or celestial sphere.
6. Photography.
a. the act of reproducing on a surface, by optical means, a remote image on a film, slide, etc.
b. an image so reproduced.
7. the act of visualizing and regarding an idea or the like as an objective reality.
8. something that is so visualized and regarded.
9. calculation of some future thing: They fell short of their projection for the rate of growth.
10. the act of communicating distinctly and forcefully to an audience.
11. Psychology.
a. the tendency to ascribe to another person feelings, thoughts, or attitudes present in oneself, or to regard external reality as embodying such feelings, thoughts, etc., in some way.
b. Psychoanalysis. such an ascription relieving the ego of a sense of guilt or other intolerable feeling.
12. the act of planning or scheming.
13. Alchemy. the casting of the powder of philosophers' stone upon metal in fusion, to transmute it into gold or silver.
Origin:
1470–80; < L prōjectiōn- (s. of prōjectiō) a throwing forward. See project, -ion

Related forms:
pro⋅jec⋅tion⋅al  [pruh-jek-shuh-nl] , adjective

Synonyms:
1. jut, overhang, protrusion. 9. prediction.
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pro·jec·tion   (prə-jěk'shən)   
n.  

  1. The act of projecting or the condition of being projected.

  2. A thing or part that extends outward beyond a prevailing line or surface: spiky projections on top of a fence; a projection of land along the coast.

  3. A plan for an anticipated course of action: "facilities [that] are vital to the projection of U.S. force . . . in the Pacific" (Alan D. Romberg).

  4. A prediction or an estimate of something in the future, based on present data or trends.

    1. The process of projecting an image onto a screen or other surface for viewing.

    2. An image so projected.

    3. The attribution of one's own attitudes, feelings, or suppositions to others: "Even trained anthropologists have been guilty of unconscious projection—of clothing the subjects of their research in theories brought with them into the field" (Alex Shoumatoff).

    4. The attribution of one's own attitudes, feelings, or desires to someone or something as a naive or unconscious defense against anxiety or guilt.

  6. Mathematics The image of a geometric figure reproduced on a line, plane, or surface.

  7. A system of intersecting lines, such as the grid of a map, on which part or all of the globe or another spherical surface is represented as a plane surface.

  8. Psychology

    1. The attribution of one's own attitudes, feelings, or suppositions to others: "Even trained anthropologists have been guilty of unconscious projection—of clothing the subjects of their research in theories brought with them into the field" (Alex Shoumatoff).

    2. The attribution of one's own attitudes, feelings, or desires to someone or something as a naive or unconscious defense against anxiety or guilt.

pro·jec'tion·al adj.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: pro·jec·tion
Pronunciation: pr&-'jek-sh&n
Function: noun
1 a : the process or technique of reproducing a spatialobject or a section of such an object upon a plane or curved surface b : a diagram or figure formed by projection;especially : VIEW
2 a : the act of referring a mental image constructed by the brain from bits of data collected by the senseorgans to the actual source of stimulation outside the body b : the attribution of one's own ideas, feelings, or attitudes to other people or to objects; especially : the externalization of blame, guilt, or responsibility as a defense against anxiety
3 : the functional correspondence and connection of parts of the cerebral cortex with parts ofthe organism projection of the retina upon the visual area>
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projection pro·jec·tion (prə-jěk'shən)
n.

  1. The act of projecting or the condition of being projected.

  2. The attribution of one's own attitudes, feelings, or suppositions to others.

  3. The attribution of one's own attitudes, feelings, or desires to someone or something as a naive or unconscious defense against anxiety or guilt.

  4. The localization of visual impressions to a point in space relative to the person who is doing the viewing: straight ahead, right, left, above, or below.

  5. Any of the systems of nerve fibers by which a group of nerve cells discharges its nerve impulses to one or more other cell groups.

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projection   (prə-jěk'shən)  Pronunciation Key 

  1. The image of a geometric figure reproduced on a line, plane, or surface.

  2. A system of intersecting lines, such as the grid of a map, on which part or all of the globe or another spherical surface is represented as a plane surface. See more at azimuthal projection, conic projection, cylindrical projection.


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