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polyp
English
Etymology
From Latin polypus (“a polyp, a polypus in the nose”), from Ancient Greek ???????? (polúpous), from ????? (polús, “many”) + ???? (poús, “foot”). Doublet of polypus.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?p?l?p/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?p?l?p/
- Rhymes: -?l?p
- Hyphenation: pol?yp
Noun
polyp (plural polyps)
- (medicine) an abnormal growth protruding from a mucous membrane
- (zoology) a cylindrical coelenterate, such as the hydra, having a mouth surrounded with tentacles
Derived terms
- polypoid
Related terms
- polypian
- polyposis
Translations
Further reading
- polyp in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- polyp in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- polyp at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- loppy
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?pol?p]
Noun
polyp m
- (biology) polyp
- (medicine) polyp
Derived terms
- polypí
Further reading
- polyp in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
- polyp in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989
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projection
English
Etymology
From either the Middle French projection or its etymon, the Classical Latin pr?iecti? (stem: pr?iecti?n-), from pr?ici?. Compare the Modern French projection, the German Projektion, and the Italian proiezione.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p???d??k??n/
- Rhymes: -?k??n
Noun
projection (countable and uncountable, plural projections)
- Something which projects, protrudes, juts out, sticks out, or stands out.
- The face of the cliff had many projections that were big enough for birds to nest on.
- The action of projecting or throwing or propelling something.
- (archaic) The throwing of materials into a crucible, hence the transmutation of metals.
- (archaic) The crisis or decisive point of any process, especially a culinary process.
- The display of an image by devices such as movie projector, video projector, overhead projector or slide projector.
- A forecast or prognosis obtained by extrapolation
- (psychology) A belief or assumption that others have similar thoughts and experiences as oneself
- (photography) The image that a translucent object casts onto another object.
- (cartography) Any of several systems of intersecting lines that allow the curved surface of the earth to be represented on a flat surface. The set of mathematics used to calculate coordinate positions.
- (geometry) An image of an object on a surface of fewer dimensions.
- (linear algebra) An idempotent linear transformation which maps vectors from a vector space onto a subspace.
- (mathematics) A transformation which extracts a fragment of a mathematical object.
- (category theory) A morphism from a categorical product to one of its (two) components.
Synonyms
- (something which sticks out): protuberance
Derived terms
Related terms
- project
Translations
Further reading
- projection on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
French
Pronunciation
Noun
projection f (plural projections)
- projection
- screening (of a film)
Interlingua
Noun
projection (plural projectiones)
- projection
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