| projection | | |
| n. (cognition) | 1. projection | a prediction made by extrapolating from past observations. |
| ~ prediction, anticipation, prevision | the act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future). |
| n. (communication) | 2. projection | the projection of an image from a film onto a screen. |
| ~ visual communication | communication that relies on vision. |
| n. (cognition) | 3. project, projection | a planned undertaking. |
| ~ plan, program, programme | a series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished.; "they drew up a six-step plan"; "they discussed plans for a new bond issue" |
| ~ cash cow, money-spinner, moneymaker | a project that generates a continuous flow of money. |
| n. (artifact) | 4. projection | any structure that branches out from a central support. |
| ~ arm, branch, limb | any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm.; "the arm of the record player"; "an arm of the sea"; "a branch of the sewer" |
| ~ brim | a circular projection that sticks outward from the crown of a hat. |
| ~ burr | rough projection left on a workpiece after drilling or cutting. |
| ~ cleat | a metal or leather projection (as from the sole of a shoe); prevents slipping. |
| ~ cornice | the topmost projecting part of an entablature. |
| ~ drip mold, drip mould, drip | (architecture) a projection from a cornice or sill designed to protect the area below from rainwater (as over a window or doorway). |
| ~ flange, rim | a projection used for strength or for attaching to another object. |
| ~ flue, fluke | flat bladelike projection on the arm of an anchor. |
| ~ head | a projection out from one end.; "the head of the nail"; "a pinhead is the head of a pin" |
| ~ knob, boss | a circular rounded projection or protuberance. |
| ~ lobe | a rounded projection that is part of a larger structure. |
| ~ lug | a projecting piece that is used to lift or support or turn something. |
| ~ overhang | projection that extends beyond or hangs over something else. |
| ~ prong | a pointed projection. |
| ~ spike | a sharp-pointed projection along the top of a fence or wall (or a dinosaur). |
| ~ structure, construction | a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts.; "the structure consisted of a series of arches"; "she wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons" |
| ~ tenon | a projection at the end of a piece of wood that is shaped to fit into a mortise and form a mortise joint. |
| ~ tooth | something resembling the tooth of an animal. |
| ~ tooth | one of a number of uniform projections on a gear. |
| n. (shape) | 5. projection | any solid convex shape that juts out from something. |
| ~ salient | (military) the part of the line of battle that projects closest to the enemy. |
| ~ jag | a sharp projection on an edge or surface.; "he clutched a jag of the rock" |
| ~ convex shape, convexity | a shape that curves or bulges outward. |
| ~ bulge, excrescence, extrusion, gibbosity, gibbousness, hump, jut, protrusion, protuberance, bump, swelling, prominence | something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings.; "the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge"; "the hump of a camel"; "he stood on the rocky prominence"; "the occipital protuberance was well developed"; "the bony excrescence between its horns" |
| ~ acantha, spine, spur | any sharply pointed projection. |
| ~ tail end, tail | any projection that resembles the tail of an animal. |
| ~ knife, tongue | any long thin projection that is transient.; "tongues of flame licked at the walls"; "rifles exploded quick knives of fire into the dark" |
| ~ keel | a projection or ridge that suggests a keel. |
| n. (process) | 6. projection | (psychiatry) a defense mechanism by which your own traits and emotions are attributed to someone else. |
| ~ psychiatry, psychological medicine, psychopathology | the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders. |
| ~ defence, defence mechanism, defence reaction, defense mechanism, defense reaction, defense | (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires. |
| n. (phenomenon) | 7. acoustic projection, projection, sound projection | the acoustic phenomenon that gives sound a penetrating quality.; "our ukuleles have been designed to have superior sound and projection"; "a prime ingredient of public speaking is projection of the voice" |
| ~ acoustic phenomenon | a physical phenomenon associated with the production or transmission of sound. |
| n. (artifact) | 8. projection | the representation of a figure or solid on a plane as it would look from a particular direction. |
| ~ map projection | a projection of the globe onto a flat map using a grid of lines of latitude and longitude. |
| ~ representation | a creation that is a visual or tangible rendering of someone or something. |
| n. (act) | 9. jut, jutting, projection, protrusion | the act of projecting out from something. |
| ~ change of shape | an action that changes the shape of something. |
| n. (act) | 10. ejection, expulsion, forcing out, projection | the act of expelling or projecting or ejecting. |
| ~ actuation, propulsion | the act of propelling. |
| ~ belch, burp, burping, belching, eructation | a reflex that expels gas noisily from the stomach through the mouth. |
| ~ belching | the forceful expulsion of something from inside.; "the belching of smoke from factory chimneys" |
| ~ coughing up | the act of expelling (food or phlegm) by coughing. |
| ~ spitting, expectoration, spit | the act of spitting (forcefully expelling saliva). |
| ~ disgorgement, emesis, puking, vomiting, regurgitation, vomit | the reflex act of ejecting the contents of the stomach through the mouth. |
| spring up | | |
| v. (stative) | 1. arise, develop, grow, originate, rise, spring up, uprise | come into existence; take on form or shape.; "A new religious movement originated in that country"; "a love that sprang up from friendship"; "the idea for the book grew out of a short story"; "An interesting phenomenon uprose" |
| ~ develop | be gradually disclosed or unfolded; become manifest.; "The plot developed slowly" |
| ~ become | come into existence.; "What becomes has duration" |
| ~ resurge | rise again.; "His need for a meal resurged"; "The candidate resurged after leaving politics for several years" |
| ~ come forth, emerge | happen or occur as a result of something. |
| ~ come, follow | to be the product or result.; "Melons come from a vine"; "Understanding comes from experience" |
| ~ well up, swell | come up (as of feelings and thoughts, or other ephemeral things).; "Strong emotions welled up"; "Smoke swelled from it" |
| ~ head | take its rise.; "These rivers head from a mountain range in the Himalayas" |
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