to project
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6.8
- verb
- /prəˈdʒɛkt/
- Specialized
:
proyectar sobre
- The architect had to project the building layout onto a large screen for the presentation.
- project an object
- project into space
Examples
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What's the point of projecting a star onto the moon?
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Like we could project it on the walls.
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Can you project the course of the ribbon?
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Projected route of flight will be transferred.
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I instructed him to move the desks into the configuration I projected on the wall.
Blog text (12) -
The initial prototype of the mapping tool used the ArcGIS platform to project data onto maps.
Blog text (20) -
A technique has been developed to project simulation data from FEM models to a voxelated data structure.
Academic text (2018) -
The computer takes the information from the database... ...and constructs an environment which is projected in the headset.
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For example, coordinates of right ascension and declination of celestial objects can be projected onto the dome.
Academic text (1993) -
To create the 3-D model, we first need to project the design onto the drafting paper.
Antonyms
Idioms
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
29
2.6
A group of homes or apartment buildings that the government builds and runs for low-income families
10
4.2
Secret United States project during World War II that developed the first atomic bombs
- Specialized
5
3.7
An international project by scientists that maps all human genes
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5.6
A large, fast project carefully planned to solve a big technical or social problem
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6.8
A US space program in 1965 and 1966 that sends people into orbit to test ways for Apollo Moon missions
- Specialized
1
3.1
A plan showing how much money a project needs and where it will be spent
- Slang
A government project that people think wastes money, often in a spending bill
- Specialized
A project that restores damaged sea areas like coral reefs or seagrass beds
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Etymology
Project comes from old Latin parts pro- ('forward') and ject ('throw'), keeping the image of 'throwing' a shape onto another surface. So, in drawing or geometry to project a figure is to show how it would look when cast onto a flat plane.