Projection
noun
Something that sticks out from a surface.
The old cinema had a projection booth for the film projector.
Often appears as...
- projection screen
- projection booth
noun
A guess or estimate about the future based on known information or experience.
The sales projection for the next quarter indicates a substantial increase.
Often appears as...
- sales projection
- projection report
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Academic
noun
The action of showing a picture or movie onto a screen.
The film's projection was crisp and clear, despite the age of the film reel.
Often appears as...
- film projection
- digital projection
noun
The act of transferring one's own feelings or emotions onto someone or something else.
Projection is a common defense mechanism employed by people who have difficulty accepting their own emotions.
Often appears as...
- psychological projection
- self-projection
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Academic
noun
A way of representing the Earth's surface or a part of it on a flat map.
The Mercator projection is typically used for navigation because it preserves angles and directions.
Often appears as...
- mercator projection
- cylindrical projection
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Academic
noun
Something that sticks out from a surface.
The old cinema had a projection booth for the film projector.
Often appears as...
- projection screen
- projection booth
noun
A guess or estimate about the future based on known information or experience.
The sales projection for the next quarter indicates a substantial increase.
Often appears as...
- sales projection
- projection report
Usage tips
Academic
noun
The action of showing a picture or movie onto a screen.
The film's projection was crisp and clear, despite the age of the film reel.
Often appears as...
- film projection
- digital projection
noun
The act of transferring one's own feelings or emotions onto someone or something else.
Projection is a common defense mechanism employed by people who have difficulty accepting their own emotions.
Often appears as...
- psychological projection
- self-projection
Usage tips
Academic
noun
A way of representing the Earth's surface or a part of it on a flat map.
The Mercator projection is typically used for navigation because it preserves angles and directions.
Often appears as...
- mercator projection
- cylindrical projection
Usage tips
Academic
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Pro Tip 1/3Physical Object
Refers to a literal part extending from a surface, not a concept.
The rock had several sharp projections that made it difficult to climb.
Pro Tip 2/3Use in Descriptions
Often used to describe physical characteristics of objects or structures.
The sculpture's angular projections created an imposing presence.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Visible
Can refer to parts that are not immediately obvious but are extendable.
The camera has a hidden lens projection that pops out when in use.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Object
Refers to a literal part extending from a surface, not a concept.
The rock had several sharp projections that made it difficult to climb.
Pro Tip 2/3Use in Descriptions
Often used to describe physical characteristics of objects or structures.
The sculpture's angular projections created an imposing presence.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Visible
Can refer to parts that are not immediately obvious but are extendable.
The camera has a hidden lens projection that pops out when in use.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Object
Refers to a literal part extending from a surface, not a concept.
The rock had several sharp projections that made it difficult to climb.
Pro Tip 2/3Use in Descriptions
Often used to describe physical characteristics of objects or structures.
The sculpture's angular projections created an imposing presence.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Visible
Can refer to parts that are not immediately obvious but are extendable.
The camera has a hidden lens projection that pops out when in use.
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best to see the longest ability right but not some of the side phenomena right exactly there's a lot to see what the Eclipse and just to be clear if you don't have solar eclipse glasses then you can do projection so like by Beck said you don't have to not see the Eclipse because you don't have the
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Optical illusions show...
This is a huge problem, because it means that the same image could have an infinite number of possible real-world sources. Let me show you what I mean. Imagine that this is the back of your eye, okay? And these are two projections from the world. They're identical in every single way.
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Hans Rosling: Debunking...
and this is the pattern we have today. And the best projection from the World Bank is that this will happen, and we will not have a divided world. We'll have most people in the middle. Of course it's a logarithmic scale here, but our concept of economy is growth with percent.
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The best stats you've...
poverty in Asia and if I now let the world move forward you will seen that wild populations increase there are hundreds of millions in Asia are getting out of poverty and some others get into poverty and this is the pattern we have today and the best projection from the
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Why you don’t like the...
And I believe this has to start with understanding that we have more than one voice. So, I'm going to talk about three voices that most of us posses, in a model of what I call the mask. So when you look at the mask, what you see is a projection of a character.
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Cell vs. virus: A battle...
It's semipermeable, meaning that it lets some thing pass in and out but blocks others. The cell membrane is covered with tiny projections. They all have functions, like helping cells adhere to their neighbors or binding to nutrients the cell will need.
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Explaining the Tree of...
front end a related group had bodies that were divided into segments with little projections on either side that helped them to move around on the seafloor some of these segmented creatures developed hard protective skins which gave their bodies some
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Hawking's black hole...
is just a holographic projection of that information. If proven, any of these theories would open up new questions to explore, while still preserving our current models of the universe. But it’s also possible that those models are wrong!
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Why I think inside the...
think of it as a catalogue of humanity as a composite of infinite interactions between cultural adaptations and genetic projections now what do I really mean by that our biological DNA bends it curves at mutated mutates not only through
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Cloudy climate change:...
So Cloud is addressing two big Firstly, how cloudy was the pre-industrial climate? And, hence, how much have clouds changed due to human activities? That knowledge will help sharpen climate projections in the 21st century.
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Q&A with Experts About...
best to see the longest ability right but not some of the side phenomena right exactly there's a lot to see what the Eclipse and just to be clear if you don't have solar eclipse glasses then you can do projection so like by Beck said you don't have to not see the Eclipse because you don't have the
Video examples
Optical illusions show...
This is a huge problem, because it means that the same image could have an infinite number of possible real-world sources. Let me show you what I mean. Imagine that this is the back of your eye, okay? And these are two projections from the world. They're identical in every single way.
Video examples
Hans Rosling: Debunking...
and this is the pattern we have today. And the best projection from the World Bank is that this will happen, and we will not have a divided world. We'll have most people in the middle. Of course it's a logarithmic scale here, but our concept of economy is growth with percent.
Video examples
The best stats you've...
poverty in Asia and if I now let the world move forward you will seen that wild populations increase there are hundreds of millions in Asia are getting out of poverty and some others get into poverty and this is the pattern we have today and the best projection from the
Video examples
Why you don’t like the...
And I believe this has to start with understanding that we have more than one voice. So, I'm going to talk about three voices that most of us posses, in a model of what I call the mask. So when you look at the mask, what you see is a projection of a character.
Video examples
Cell vs. virus: A battle...
It's semipermeable, meaning that it lets some thing pass in and out but blocks others. The cell membrane is covered with tiny projections. They all have functions, like helping cells adhere to their neighbors or binding to nutrients the cell will need.
Video examples
Explaining the Tree of...
front end a related group had bodies that were divided into segments with little projections on either side that helped them to move around on the seafloor some of these segmented creatures developed hard protective skins which gave their bodies some
Video examples
Hawking's black hole...
is just a holographic projection of that information. If proven, any of these theories would open up new questions to explore, while still preserving our current models of the universe. But it’s also possible that those models are wrong!
Video examples
Why I think inside the...
think of it as a catalogue of humanity as a composite of infinite interactions between cultural adaptations and genetic projections now what do I really mean by that our biological DNA bends it curves at mutated mutates not only through
Video examples
Cloudy climate change:...
So Cloud is addressing two big Firstly, how cloudy was the pre-industrial climate? And, hence, how much have clouds changed due to human activities? That knowledge will help sharpen climate projections in the 21st century.
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Helen Oyeyemi
British Novelist
I don't feel there's a difference between the real world and the fairy-tale world. They contain psychological truths and, I guess, projections of what the culture that tells them thinks about various things: men, women, aging, dying - the most basic aspects of being human.
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Robert Jay Lifton
American Psychologist
And I thought about the psychic numbing involved in strategic projections of using hydrogen bombs or nuclear weapons of any kind. And I also thought about ways in which all of us undergo what could be called the numbing of everyday life.
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Eric Braeden
American Actor
I have a feeling that being in love sometimes means the projection of your desires onto another person. The important thing is that you like the other person, respect the other person and want to raise children with the other person.
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Joe Thomas
English Actor
Behavior is individual and projecting an individual behavior upon an entire race is a version of racism. Put yourself in someone else's shoes: imagine what it would be like going thru life having this type of projection on you.
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Amiri Baraka
American Poet
It seems natural to me that as a writer, you should have some kind of, you know, there should be some kind of projection that you actually have influenced people who are closest to you.
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Muriel Rukeyser
American Poet
Those who speak of our culture as dead or dying have a quarrel with life, and I think they cannot understand its terms, but must endlessly repeat the projection of their own desires.
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Walter Gropius
German Architect
Good architecture should be a projection of life itself, and that implies an intimate knowledge of biological, social, technical, and artistic problems.
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Iyanla Vanzant
American Author
One of the ways that people avoid taking responsibility for their role in their own pain is what I call the BPs - blame and projection.
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Paul Park
American Author
Sometimes, a writer 'character' is just a projection of a person who is writing the story, but not necessarily 'me.
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Miguel
American Musician
I'm really excited to put music out that is a clear projection of my lifestyle.
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Helen Oyeyemi
British Novelist
I don't feel there's a difference between the real world and the fairy-tale world. They contain psychological truths and, I guess, projections of what the culture that tells them thinks about various things: men, women, aging, dying - the most basic aspects of being human.
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Robert Jay Lifton
American Psychologist
And I thought about the psychic numbing involved in strategic projections of using hydrogen bombs or nuclear weapons of any kind. And I also thought about ways in which all of us undergo what could be called the numbing of everyday life.
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Eric Braeden
American Actor
I have a feeling that being in love sometimes means the projection of your desires onto another person. The important thing is that you like the other person, respect the other person and want to raise children with the other person.
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Joe Thomas
English Actor
Behavior is individual and projecting an individual behavior upon an entire race is a version of racism. Put yourself in someone else's shoes: imagine what it would be like going thru life having this type of projection on you.
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Amiri Baraka
American Poet
It seems natural to me that as a writer, you should have some kind of, you know, there should be some kind of projection that you actually have influenced people who are closest to you.
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Muriel Rukeyser
American Poet
Those who speak of our culture as dead or dying have a quarrel with life, and I think they cannot understand its terms, but must endlessly repeat the projection of their own desires.
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Walter Gropius
German Architect
Good architecture should be a projection of life itself, and that implies an intimate knowledge of biological, social, technical, and artistic problems.
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Iyanla Vanzant
American Author
One of the ways that people avoid taking responsibility for their role in their own pain is what I call the BPs - blame and projection.
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Paul Park
American Author
Sometimes, a writer 'character' is just a projection of a person who is writing the story, but not necessarily 'me.
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Miguel
American Musician
I'm really excited to put music out that is a clear projection of my lifestyle.
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