overhead
9
5.3
- noun
- /ˈoʊvərˌhɛd/
- Archaic
:
transparencia
- The teacher used an overhead to display the slides during the presentation.
- overhead transparency
- overhead projector
- overhead slide
Examples
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For my project, I will print the graphics on an overhead for everyone to see.
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I couldn't do that with an overhead projector or a regular whiteboard.
Academic text (2007) -
I'd like to use the overhead machine here.
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That is an overhead projector.
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Dad, some guy's selling an overhead projector.
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Simply making an overhead or a handout of an article is easy enough.
Academic text (2003) -
Few schools had any technological equipment such as computers, overhead projectors, or curriculum materials to support this equipment.
Academic text (1991) -
"I remember when the overhead projector was considered cutting-edge technology," he says.
Academic text (2007) -
Display the rhythm patterns shown in figure 4 on a chalkboard or overhead projector.
Academic text (2001) -
Make sure to prepare the overhead before the meeting starts so everyone can follow along.
Synonyms
4
8.5
A clear sheet with a picture for an overhead projector
1
6.3
A picture on clear film for a projector
1
8.6
A clear plastic sheet you put on an overhead projector to show information to people
Antonyms
Compounds
- Archaic
3
3.2
A machine that shines light through clear plastic sheets to show images on a screen
- Specialized
Time a computer or machine takes to get ready before it runs a command
- Specialized
Time a device takes to get ready before it starts a command
- Specialized
Space on a disk used to store information the computer needs, not your files
- Specialized
A gym exercise that lifts a weight from the shoulder to above the head until the arms are straight
Surface Forms
Morphology
overhead = overhead projector (semi-transparent) = over + head
This noun is commonly an ellipsis/clipping from 'overhead projector' (or 'overhead transparency'), so knowledge of the phrase makes the meaning accessible, but it is not directly inferable from 'over' + 'head' alone.
Etymology
Overhead comes from the parts over- and head, meaning 'above the head', and it was used for the clear sheets used with an overhead projector that threw images from above. So an 'overhead' is a transparent sheet you place on a projector so everyone can see the writing.