/ prəˈdʒekʃn; NAmE / noun
ESTIMATE
1.
[ C ] an estimate or a statement of what figures, amounts, or events will be in the future, or what they were in the past, based on what is happening now :
to make forward / backward projections of population figures
Sales have exceeded our projections.
OF IMAGE
2.
[ U , C ] the act of putting an image of sth onto a surface; an image that is shown in this way :
the projection of three-dimensional images on a computer screen
laser projections
OF SOLID SHAPE
3.
[ C ] ( technical ) a solid shape or object as represented on a flat surface :
map projections
STH THAT STICKS OUT
4.
[ C ] something that sticks out from a surface :
tiny projections on the cell
OF VOICE / SOUND
5.
[ U ] the act of making your voice, a sound, etc. audible (= able to be heard) at a distance :
voice projection
PSYCHOLOGY
6.
[ U ] the act of imagining that sb else is thinking the same as you and is reacting in the same way
OF THOUGHTS / FEELINGS
7.
[ C , U ] the act of giving a form and structure to inner thoughts and feelings :
The idea of God is a projection of humans' need to have something greater than themselves.
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WORD ORIGIN
mid 16th cent. (in sense 3): from Latin projectio(n-) , from proicere throw forth, from pro- forth + jacere to throw.