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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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- what projection to use for united states
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deflection
English
Alternative forms
- deflexion (British)
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /d??fl?k??n/
- (US) IPA(key): /d??fl?k??n/
- Rhymes: -?k??n
Noun
deflection (countable and uncountable, plural deflections)
- The act of deflecting or something deflected.
- 1918, H. G. Wells, Joan and Peter
- The next morning Oswald stopped short in the middle of his shaving, which in his case involved the most tortuous deflections and grimacings.
- 1918, H. G. Wells, Joan and Peter
- The deviation of a needle or other indicator from its previous position.
Translations
deflection From the web:
- what deflection means
- what's deflection in engineering
- what's deflection in physics
- what deflection means in spanish
- what's deflection angle
- what deflection and slope
- what deflection for tile
- what's deflection in chess
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