different between beamer vs projector

English

Etymology

beam +? -er. The term is sometimes used in English by non-native speakers because German and Dutch use the word beamer for that purpose and it appears English (it is a pseudo-anglicism).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?bi?m?(?)/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?bim?/
• Rhymes: -i?m?(?)

Noun

beamer (plural beamers)

1. (cricket) A ball, presumed to have been bowled accidentally, that does not bounce, but passes the batsman at head height.
2. (chiefly non-native speakers' English) A projector.
3. Alternative letter-case form of Beamer (“BMW”)
4. (gymnastics, slang) A gymnast proficient with or specializing in the balance beam ("beam").

Synonyms

• (BMW): beemer, bimmer, BMW

Anagrams

• Bermea, Breema, ambeer

Dutch

Etymology 1

From beamen (“to assent”) +? -er (agentive suffix)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b??a?m?r/
• Hyphenation: be?amer
• Rhymes: -a?m?r

Noun

beamer m (plural beamers, diminutive beamertje n)

1. A consenter, who assents to a statement

Etymology 2

A pseudo-anglicism. Compare German Beamer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bi?.m?r/
• Hyphenation: bea?mer

Noun

beamer m (plural beamers, diminutive beamertje n)

1. A video projector

Anagrams

• berame

English

Alternative forms

• projectour (obsolete, rare)

Etymology

Partly from Latin projector (“person who throws away”); partly directly from project +? -or.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /p???d??kt?/

• Rhymes: -?kt?(?)

Noun

projector (plural projectors)

1. Someone who devises or suggests a project; a proposer or planner of something. [from 16th c.]
   • 1791, Thomas Paine, Rights of Man:

     [A]s the Doctor neither did this, nor yet sent him an answer, the projector wrote a second letter […].

2. An optical device that projects a beam of light, especially one used to project an image (or moving images) onto a screen. [from 19th c.]
3. (psychology) One who projects, or ascribes his/her own feelings to others.
   • 1982, The Gestalt Journal (volume 5, page 44)

     Projectors attempt to get rid of unwanted feelings, only it does not work; they still experience the unwanted feelings […]

4. (mathematics) An operator that forms a projection.

Translations

Dutch

Etymology

Probably borrowed from English projector or German Projektor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pro??j?k.t?r/
• Hyphenation: pro?jec?tor
• Rhymes: -?kt?r

Noun

projector m (plural projectoren or projectors, diminutive projectortje n)

1. A projector (projection device).

Derived terms

• diaprojector

Portuguese

Noun

projector m (plural projectores)

1. Alternative form of projetor