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projection

projection

35 4.0
Showing a film or image on a screen using light
  • noun
  • /prəˈdʒɛkʃən/
translation icon : proyección
  • The whole stage is a LED, so you can create different projections on parts of the stage.
  • projection screen
  • slide projection
  • projection system

There I saw a projection and it said don't be afraid.

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Examples

  • We couldn't stop the projection remotely.

  • They combine and then you see these essential projections of these virtual objects in your field of view.

  • A couple of years ago, you would do everything to get as much light onto the projection wall as possible.

  • We've got to have a complete camera and projection system ready by this time next year.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • They were silent movies, and Max would run the projection machine, which was just as well.

  • Now we react to movies as if there's a bear jumping from The Cave, but it's just a projection of light on a screen.

  • State-of-the-art presentation center to include multimedia delivery systems, projection systems, and Smartboard technology.

    Academic text (2008)
  • Long way from the projection booth at the Hayden Planetarium, isn't it?

  • The Nervous Magic Lantern is a homemade projection apparatus that works much like the magic lanterns of old.

    Academic text (2017)
  • We enjoyed a great movie on the large projection screen in the theater.

Antonyms

3 6.8

Something that covers a person or object to hide it from view

1 8.2

Something that stops you from seeing or understanding

Compounds

A large white surface on which a projector shows images or videos

conformal projection
  • Specialized
9.9

A map that keeps small shapes and local angles correct but may change size

conic projection
  • Specialized
7.9

A map that shows the Earth's surface on a cone placed over the globe

conical projection
  • Specialized
8.9

A way to make a flat map by copying Earth onto a cone over part of the globe

7.9

A way of drawing the world on a flat map that keeps areas the correct size

equal-area projection
  • Specialized
7.7

A way of making a flat map that keeps each place's area the same as on the globe

acoustic projection
  • Specialized
7.0

A sound quality that makes a voice or instrument travel far and be heard clearly

front-projection TV
  • Specialized
6.1

A TV system that projects images onto a screen from the front

map projection
  • Specialized
6.1

A method for drawing the Earth's round surface on a flat map that changes shapes or sizes

Mercator projection
  • Specialized
8.3

A map made by putting the world on a cylinder that keeps shapes but makes areas bigger near the poles

Mercator's projection
  • Specialized
8.9

A map that shows north-south and east-west lines as straight and makes polar areas look larger than they are

homolosine projection
  • Specialized
9.9

A world map that shows continents at their true size by changing ocean shapes

9.9

A way of drawing the Earth on a flat map that keeps small areas in their true shape and angles

polyconic projection
  • Specialized
9.9

A map that uses curved latitude lines so distances match the globe along them

9.9

A way of drawing the world on a flat map that keeps area correct and suits maps near the equator

sinusoidal projection
  • Specialized
9.5

A map that shows the equator and east-west lines straight and north-south lines wavy while keeping areas correct

sound projection
  • Specialized
6.4

How far and how clearly people hear a sound in a place

How Immersive

holodeck
342 9.5
virtual reality
  • Specialized
29 4.5
simulation
  • Specialized
199 4.7
projection
35 4.0
display
  • Specialized
197 2.5

Surface Forms

projection singular
projections plural

Morphology

projection = project (transparent) = project + ion

A standard nominalization from the verb 'project' meaning 'to display or cast forward', so the sense 'act of displaying an image' is directly derived.

Etymology

Projection comes from Latin parts pro- 'forward' and ject 'throw', the same root as in projector. So a film or slide projection is like 'throwing' an image forward onto a screen.