projective
Use Projective in a sentence
tɪv adjective
1.
of or pertaining to projection.
2.
produced, or capable of being produced, by projection.
3.
Psychology. of, pertaining to, or noting a test or technique for revealing the hidden motives or underlying personality structure of an individual by the use of ambiguous or unstructured test materials, as ink blots, cloud pictures, or cartoons, that encourage spontaneous responses.
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| —adj | |
| relating to or concerned with projection: projective geometry | |
| pro'jectively | |
| —adv | |
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Example sentences
Scarf believes that all close emotional attachments involve some degree of projective identification.
For this reason, projective space plays a fundamental role in algebraic geometry.
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