projection

projection
n
1. protrusion, jut, overhang, extrusion, excurvation; beetling, jutting, impendence, hang; prominence, eminence, excrescence, tuberosity, gibbosity, salience, convexness, convexity; protuberance, outgrowth, Anat., Bot. apophysis, Archit. apophyge; bulge, bow, swelling, bell, bump, lump, hump, clump, hunch, bunch, tumescence; blister, bubble, bleb, welt, wart; knob, knurl, knot, gnarl, node, nodulation, nodosity; tooth, fang, thorn, outshoot, spine, needle, quill, bristle; spur, snag, jag, snaggle; peak, crag, horn, arete; extension, jetty, jutty, pier; stud, dowel, peg, pin; lip, ear, flap, loop, dogear; ledge, flange, eaves.
2. externalization, objectification, extrapolation, actualization; ascription, transference, transferral, transmittal.
3. scheme, schema, plan, design, program; intention, intent, purpose, plot; proposal, proposition, resolution, resolve, suggestion, motion, presentation.
4. estimation, estimate, guess, Inf. guesstimate, prediction; appraisal, appraisement, appreciation; approximation, calculation, figuring, figure; reckoning, computation.
5. layout, delineation, diagram, outline, map; ground plan, skeleton outline, prospectus, conspectus; elevation, relief map, blueprint, house plan; sketch, draft, drawing, plot, plat, rough copy, copy.

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  • projection — [ prɔʒɛksjɔ̃ ] n. f. • 1314; lat. projectio, de projectus, p. p. de projicere 1 ♦ Action de jeter, de lancer en avant (⇒ 1. jet; projeter, I ). Projection de liquide, de vapeur. Lancement, jet (de projectiles). Projection de pierres, d obus.… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Projection — Pro*jec tion, n. [L. projectio: cf. F. projection.] [1913 Webster] 1. The act of throwing or shooting forward. [1913 Webster] 2. A jutting out; also, a part jutting out, as of a building; an extension beyond something else. [1913 Webster] 3. The… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • projection — Pro*jec tion, n. [L. projectio: cf. F. projection.] [1913 Webster] 1. The act of throwing or shooting forward. [1913 Webster] 2. A jutting out; also, a part jutting out, as of a building; an extension beyond something else. [1913 Webster] 3. The… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • projection — projection, protrusion, protuberance, bulge all denote something which extends beyond a level or a normal outer surface. Projection is applicable to anything that juts out, especially at a sharp angle {buttresses are projections which serve to… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • projection — [prō jek′shən, prəjek′shən] n. [MFr < L projectio] 1. a projecting or being projected 2. something that projects, or juts out 3. something that is projected; specif., in map making, the representation on a plane of the earth s surface (or the… …   English World dictionary

  • projection — 1550s, originally cartographical, drawing of a map or chart according to scale, from M.Fr. projection, from L. projectionem (nom. projectio), from projicere (see PROJECT (Cf. project) (n.)) …   Etymology dictionary

  • projection — [n1] bulge, overhang bump, bunch, eaves, extension, hook, jut, knob, ledge, outthrust, point, prolongation, prominence, protrusion, protuberance, ridge, rim, shelf, sill, spine, spur, step, swelling; concepts 471,509,513 Ant. depression… …   New thesaurus

  • projection — Projection. s. f. v. Il n a guere d usage qu en cette phrase, Poudre de projection, qui se dit d une poudre par laquelle les Chymistes pretendent faire le changement des métaux en or …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • Projection — (v. lat.), 1) der Wurf, das Werfen; 2) die Abbildung eines Gegenstandes auf einer ebenen od. krummen Fläche durch gerade Linien, welche sich entweder parallel sind, od. nach einem gegebenen Punkte zusammenlaufen. Wenn auf zwei einander… …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Projection — Projection, die geometrischen Beziehungen beliebiger Punkte, Linien und Flächen im Raume zu 1, 2 oder 3 sich gegenseitig schneidenden gegebenen Ebenen. Erstere sind die projicirenden Punkte etc., letzteres die P. s od. Coordinatenebenen.… …   Herders Conversations-Lexikon

  • projection TV — n. a system made up of lenses, mirrors, and a cathode ray tube, for projecting video images onto a large screen * * * …   Universalium

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