PROJECTION


Meaning of PROJECTION in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ prəˈdʒekʃən ]

n. 1 the act or an instance of projecting; the process of being projected. 2 a thing that projects or obtrudes. 3 the presentation of an image etc. on a surface or screen. 4 a a forecast or estimate based on present trends (a projection of next year's profits). b this process. 5 a a mental image or preoccupation viewed as an objective reality. b the unconscious transfer of one's own impressions or feelings to external objects or persons. 6 Geom. the act or an instance of projecting a figure. 7 the representation on a plane surface of any part of the surface of the earth or a celestial sphere (Mercator projection). øøprojectionist n. (in sense 3). [L projectio (as PROJECT)]

English main colloquial, spoken dictionary.      Английский основной разговорный словарь.