PROJECTION

Definition

1. noun a prediction made by extrapolating from past observations.
2. noun the projection of an image from a film onto a screen.
3. noun a planned undertaking. — synonyms: project
4. noun any structure that branches out from a central support.
5. noun any solid convex shape that juts out from something.
6. noun (psychiatry) a defense mechanism by which your own traits and emotions are attributed to someone else.
7. noun the acoustic phenomenon that gives sound a penetrating quality. — synonyms: acoustic_projection, sound_projection
8. noun the representation of a figure or solid on a plane as it would look from a particular direction.
9. noun the act of projecting out from something. — synonyms: protrusion, jut, jutting
10. noun the act of expelling or projecting or ejecting. — synonyms: expulsion, ejection, forcing_out