English noun: projection | |||
1. | projection (cognition) a prediction made by extrapolating from past observations | ||
Broader (hypernym) | anticipation, prediction, prevision | ||
2. | projection (communication) the projection of an image from a film onto a screen | ||
Broader (hypernym) | visual communication | ||
3. | projection (cognition) a planned undertaking | ||
Synonyms | project | ||
Broader (hypernym) | plan, program, programme | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | cash cow, money-spinner, moneymaker | ||
4. | projection (artifact) any structure that branches out from a central support | ||
Broader (hypernym) | construction, structure | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | arm, boss, branch, brim, burr, cleat, cornice, drip, drip mold, drip mould, flange, flue, fluke, head, knob, limb, lobe, lug, overhang, prong, rim, spike, tenon, tooth, tooth | ||
5. | projection (shape) any solid convex shape that juts out from something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | convex shape, convexity | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | acantha, bulge, bump, excrescence, extrusion, gibbosity, gibbousness, hump, jag, jut, keel, knife, prominence, protrusion, protuberance, salient, spine, spur, swelling, tail, tail end, tongue | ||
6. | projection (process) (psychiatry) a defense mechanism by which your own traits and emotions are attributed to someone else | ||
Broader (hypernym) | defence, defence mechanism, defence reaction, defense, defense mechanism, defense reaction | ||
Domain category | psychiatry, psychological medicine, psychopathology | ||
7. | projection (phenomenon) the acoustic phenomenon that gives sound a penetrating quality | ||
Samples | Our ukuleles have been designed to have superior sound and projection. A prime ingredient of public speaking is projection of the voice. | ||
Synonyms | acoustic projection, sound projection | ||
Broader (hypernym) | acoustic phenomenon | ||
8. | projection (artifact) the representation of a figure or solid on a plane as it would look from a particular direction | ||
Broader (hypernym) | representation | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | map projection | ||
9. | projection (act) the act of projecting out from something | ||
Synonyms | jut, jutting, protrusion | ||
Broader (hypernym) | change of shape | ||
10. | projection (act) the act of expelling or projecting or ejecting | ||
Synonyms | ejection, expulsion, forcing out | ||
Broader (hypernym) | actuation, propulsion | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | belch, belching, belching, burp, burping, coughing up, disgorgement, emesis, eructation, expectoration, puking, regurgitation, spit, spitting, vomit, vomiting | ||