English dictionary
projection
nounPronunciation
pɹəˈdʒɛkʃən
Parts of speech
Definitions
noun
- the act of expelling or projecting or ejecting
noun
- the act of projecting out from something
noun
- any structure that branches out from a central support
noun
- the representation of a figure or solid on a plane as it would look from a particular direction
noun
- a prediction made by extrapolating from past observations
noun
- a planned undertaking
noun
- the projection of an image from a film onto a screen
noun
- the acoustic phenomenon that gives sound a penetrating quality
noun
- (psychiatry) a defense mechanism by which your own traits and emotions are attributed to someone else
noun
- any solid convex shape that juts out from something
Example sentences
our ukuleles have been designed to have superior sound and projection
a prime ingredient of public speaking is projection of the voice