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projection en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /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.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) 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. 1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards, →OCLC:
  2. (countable, uncountable) The action of projecting or throwing or propelling something.
  3. (archaic, countable, uncountable) The crisis or decisive point of any process, especially a culinary process.
  4. (countable, uncountable) The display of an image by devices such as movie projector, video projector, overhead projector or slide projector.
  5. (countable, uncountable) 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. 2026 March 11, Chad de Guzman, “Who Is Balendra Shah, the Rapper On Track to Become Nepal’s Next Prime Minister”, in TIME, archived from the original on 11 Mar 2026:
  6. (countable, uncountable) 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.
    • 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.'" 1980 May 14, Judith Plaskow, “Blaming Jews for Inventing Patriarchy”, in Lilith Magazine, volume 7:
    • 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.... 1937, John W. Vann, “To What Extent Is Reality Adjustment Concerned In The Selection Of The Flying Trainee?”, in United States Naval Medical Bulletin, volume 35, page 437:
  7. (countable, uncountable) The image that a translucent object casts onto another object.
  8. (countable, uncountable) 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.
  9. (countable, uncountable) An image of an object on a surface of fewer dimensions.
  10. (countable, uncountable) An idempotent linear transformation which maps vectors from a vector space onto a subspace.
  11. (countable, uncountable) A transformation which extracts a fragment of a mathematical object.
  12. (countable, uncountable) A morphism from a categorical product to one of its (two) components.
  13. (countable, uncountable) The preservation of the properties of lexical items while generating the phrase structure of a sentence. See Projection principle.
  14. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) A supposed mechanism for the transmutation of large quantities of base metals.
    • [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. 1888, Arthur Edward Waite, Lives of Alchemystical Philosophers […], page 167:
    • But yet I would that every one should understand me aright, and not count me so simple, as if I did liken or compare my Aurum Potabile with that great Stone of the Philosophers, which transmutes vast quantities of imperfect metals into most pure Gold by projection […] 1689, Johann Rudolf Glauber, translated by Christopher Packe, The Works of the Highly Experienced and Famous Chymist, John Rudolph Glauber […], page 216:
    • 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 […] 1666, Robert Boyle, The Origine of Formes and Qualities […], page 365:
  15. (countable, qualifier:perfumery, uncountable) 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. 2021, Sarah McCartney, Samantha Scriven, The Perfume Companion […] , Frances Lincoln, →ISBN, page 283:

Forms

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Deriveds

third-angle projection (Expressions: other) · astral projection (Expressions: other) · Babinet projection (Expressions: eponymous) · projectionism · microprojection (Compound words) · point-projection perspective · holoprojection (Compound words) · back projection (Expressions: other) · backprojection (Compound words) · axonometric projection (Expressions: other) · rear projection (Expressions: other) · parallel projection (Expressions: other) · projectionist · perspective projection (Expressions: other) · Fischer projection (Expressions: eponymous) · misprojection (Compound words) · deprojection (Compound words) · projectionless · Lissajous projection (Expressions: eponymous) · Bottomley projection (Expressions: eponymous) · reprojection (Compound words) · time projection chamber · orthographic projection (Expressions: other) · first angle projection · gnomonic projection (Expressions: other) · oblique projection (Expressions: other) · nonprojection (Compound words) · retroprojection (Compound words) · dimetric projection (Expressions: other) · projection matrix (Expressions: other) · Bonne projection (Expressions: eponymous) · Robinson projection · trimetric projection (Expressions: other) · eigenprojection (Compound words) · 3D projection (Expressions: other) · Haworth projection (Expressions: eponymous) · astroprojection (Compound words) · isometric projection (Expressions: other) · third angle projection · Gall-Peters projection (Expressions: eponymous) · Eckert projection (Expressions: eponymous) · projectional → projectionally · Hammer projection (Expressions: eponymous) · Littrow projection (Expressions: eponymous) · calligraphic projection (Expressions: other) · van der Grinten projection (Expressions: eponymous) · cordiform projection (Expressions: other) · projection microscope (Expressions: other) · stereographic projection (Expressions: other) · power projection · Mercator projection (Expressions: eponymous) · autoprojection (Compound words) · graphical projection (Expressions: other) · overprojection (Compound words) · Albers projection (Expressions: eponymous) · spiny projection neuron · Werner projection (Expressions: eponymous) · front projection · Aitoff projection (Expressions: eponymous) · map projection (Expressions: other) · first-angle projection (Expressions: other) · Mollweide projection (Expressions: eponymous)

Relateds

projective · projecture · projectable · projectment · projectome · projector · project

Synonyms

protuberance · appendix

Translations (160)

hu kivetítés (psychology: belief that others have similar thoughts and experiences as oneself) · de Vorsprung (something which projects) · fi heittäminen (action of projecting, throwing or propelling something) · hu kihajítás (action of projecting, throwing or propelling something) · ota تومسك (something which projects) · hu projekció (psychology: belief that others have similar thoughts and experiences as oneself) · cs projekce (psychology: belief that others have similar thoughts and experiences as oneself) · fi projektio (forecast or prognosis obtained by extrapolation) · bg мятане (action of projecting, throwing or propelling something) · hu hajítás (action of projecting, throwing or propelling something) · it proiezione (cartography: system of representing surface of the earth on a flat surface) · bg хвърляне (action of projecting, throwing or propelling something) · cs výčnělek (something which projects) · nl projectie (display of an image by a projector) · fr projection (forecast or prognosis obtained by extrapolation) · cmn 投射 (psychology: belief that others have similar thoughts and experiences as oneself) · hu vetület (geometry: image of an object on a surface of fewer dimensions) · hu térképvetület (cartography: system of representing surface of the earth on a flat surface) · fi projektio (mathematics: transformation extracting a fragment of an object) · pl rzucanie (action of projecting, throwing or propelling something) · ar إِسْقَاط (psychology: belief that others have similar thoughts and experiences as oneself) · fr projection (geometry: image of an object on a surface of fewer dimensions) · de Projektion (psychology: belief that others have similar thoughts and experiences as oneself) · id proyeksi (psychology: belief that others have similar thoughts and experiences as oneself) · de Projektion (mathematics: transformation extracting a fragment of an object) · fr saillie (something which projects) · cs průmět (geometry: image of an object on a surface of fewer dimensions) · gl proxección (geometry: image of an object on a surface of fewer dimensions) · cy tafluniad (action of projecting, throwing or propelling something) · hu vetítés (display of an image by a projector) · fi projektio (linear algebra: idempotent linear transformation from a vector space onto a subspace) · cy allanoliad (psychology: belief that others have similar thoughts and experiences as oneself) · nl projectie (cartography: system of representing surface of the earth on a flat surface) · gl proxección (photography: image cast by a translucent object) · pl prognoza (forecast or prognosis obtained by extrapolation) · hu kilövés (action of projecting, throwing or propelling something) · hu leképezés (mathematics: transformation extracting a fragment of an object) · hu kiugrás (something which projects) · be прае́кцыя (display of an image by a projector) · fi uloke (something which projects) · nl projectie (photography: image cast by a translucent object) · fi heijastaminen (psychology: belief that others have similar thoughts and experiences as oneself) · pl projekcja (display of an image by a projector) · de Projektion (geometry: image of an object on a surface of fewer dimensions) · fi projektio (psychology: belief that others have similar thoughts and experiences as oneself) · hu kalkuláció (forecast or prognosis obtained by extrapolation) · de Vorhersage (forecast or prognosis obtained by extrapolation) · hu kinyúlás (something which projects) · nl projectie (linear algebra: idempotent linear transformation from a vector space onto a subspace) · es proyección (display of an image by a projector) · tr yansı (display of an image by a projector) · it proiezione (psychology: belief that others have similar thoughts and experiences as oneself) · nb projeksjon (display of an image by a projector) · cy tafluniad (display of an image by a projector) · uk проє́кція (display of an image by a projector) · pl rzut (geometry: image of an object on a surface of fewer dimensions) · es proyección (psychology: belief that others have similar thoughts and experiences as oneself) · gl proxección (display of an image by a projector) · fi heijastus (photography: image cast by a translucent object) · de Projektion (display of an image by a projector) · ru вы́ступ (something which projects) · nn projeksjon (display of an image by a projector) · he הערכה (forecast or prognosis obtained by extrapolation) · de Auskragung (something which projects) · ga caitheamh amach (something which projects) · hu előrevetítés (forecast or prognosis obtained by extrapolation) · be прагно́з (forecast or prognosis obtained by extrapolation) · gl proxección (forecast or prognosis obtained by extrapolation) · is frávarp (psychology: belief that others have similar thoughts and experiences as oneself) · bg изпъкналост (something which projects) · es proyección (forecast or prognosis obtained by extrapolation) · pt projeção (forecast or prognosis obtained by extrapolation) · bg проекция (cartography: system of representing surface of the earth on a flat surface) · hu vetület (cartography: system of representing surface of the earth on a flat surface) · ro proiectare (display of an image by a projector) · nl projectie (psychology: belief that others have similar thoughts and experiences as oneself) · de Prognose (forecast or prognosis obtained by extrapolation) · ru прогно́з (forecast or prognosis obtained by extrapolation) · nl projectie (geometry: image of an object on a surface of fewer dimensions) · uk ви́ступ (something which projects) · gl proxección (psychology: belief that others have similar thoughts and experiences as oneself) · fi projektio (cartography: system of representing surface of the earth on a flat surface) · mi kotokoto (something which projects) · cy allaniad (something which projects) · de Projizieren (action of projecting, throwing or propelling something) · de Projektor (linear algebra: idempotent linear transformation from a vector space onto a subspace) · nn projeksjon (geometry: image of an object on a surface of fewer dimensions) · cs prognóza (forecast or prognosis obtained by extrapolation) · pl wyświetlenie (display of an image by a projector) · cmn 凸出物 (something which projects) · it proiezione (geometry: image of an object on a surface of fewer dimensions) · ru прое́кция (display of an image by a projector) · hu nyúlvány (something which projects) · pl projekcja (psychology: belief that others have similar thoughts and experiences as oneself) · hu énkivetítés (psychology: belief that others have similar thoughts and experiences as oneself) · hi प्रक्षेपण (action of projecting, throwing or propelling something) · bg издатина (something which projects) · he זיז (something which projects) · bg проекция (geometry: image of an object on a surface of fewer dimensions) · sv framskrivning (forecast or prognosis obtained by extrapolation) · cmn 射影 (geometry: image of an object on a surface of fewer dimensions) · es proyección (geometry: image of an object on a surface of fewer dimensions) · nb projeksjon (cartography: system of representing surface of the earth on a flat surface) · hu kiszögellés (something which projects) · ga starr (something which projects) · uk прогно́з (forecast or prognosis obtained by extrapolation) · de Projektion (cartography: system of representing surface of the earth on a flat surface) · fi heijastuma (photography: image cast by a translucent object) · he בְּלִיטָה (something which projects) · hu vetített kép (photography: image cast by a translucent object) · hu kirepítés (action of projecting, throwing or propelling something) · pl przewidywanie (forecast or prognosis obtained by extrapolation) · fr projection (psychology: belief that others have similar thoughts and experiences as oneself) · fi heijastus (display of an image by a projector) · nb projeksjon (geometry: image of an object on a surface of fewer dimensions) · pl odwzorowanie (photography: image cast by a translucent object) · hu kivetítés (forecast or prognosis obtained by extrapolation) · fr projection (cartography: system of representing surface of the earth on a flat surface) · cy tafluniad (photography: image cast by a translucent object) · cs promítání (display of an image by a projector) · ar إِسْقَاط (cartography: system of representing surface of the earth on a flat surface) · fi projektio (geometry: image of an object on a surface of fewer dimensions) · fi ulkonema (something which projects) · de Kartenprojektion (cartography: system of representing surface of the earth on a flat surface) · fi kuvaus (geometry: image of an object on a surface of fewer dimensions) · be вы́ступ (something which projects) · hu elhajítás (action of projecting, throwing or propelling something) · hu előrejelzés (forecast or prognosis obtained by extrapolation) · fr projection (mathematics: transformation extracting a fragment of an object) · pt projeção (something which projects) · bg прожекция (display of an image by a projector) · ar مَسْقَط (geometry: image of an object on a surface of fewer dimensions) · de Projektion (action of projecting, throwing or propelling something) · pl projekcja (geometry: image of an object on a surface of fewer dimensions) · fi kieleke (something which projects) · gl proxección (cartography: system of representing surface of the earth on a flat surface) · id proyeksi (forecast or prognosis obtained by extrapolation) · hy պրոյեկցիա (display of an image by a projector) · tr yansıtma (psychology: belief that others have similar thoughts and experiences as oneself) · it protuberanza (something which projects) · hu kiemelkedés (something which projects) · pl występ (something which projects) · hu vetítés (mathematics: transformation extracting a fragment of an object) · ro proiecție (display of an image by a projector) · de Projektion (linear algebra: idempotent linear transformation from a vector space onto a subspace) · pl projekcja (mathematics: transformation extracting a fragment of an object) · he בֶּלֶט (something which projects) · es protuberancia (something which projects) · is ofanvarp (geometry: image of an object on a surface of fewer dimensions) · cy taflun (photography: image cast by a translucent object) · ja 突起 (something which projects) · mi kūraetanga (something which projects) · fi heijastaminen (display of an image by a projector) · pl projekcja (photography: image cast by a translucent object) · ru выступа́ющая часть (something which projects) · de Projektion (photography: image cast by a translucent object) · es proyección (cartography: system of representing surface of the earth on a flat surface) · pl rzut (mathematics: transformation extracting a fragment of an object) · cs výstupek (something which projects) · nn projeksjon (cartography: system of representing surface of the earth on a flat surface)