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Meaning:

Noun:

  • The action of projecting or throwing or propelling something.
  • A forecast or prognosis obtained by extrapolation
  • cartography Any of several systems of intersecting lines that allow the curved surface of the earth to be represented on a flat surface. The set of mathematics used to calculate coordinate positions.
  • geometry An image of an object on a surface of fewer dimensions.
  • mathematics A transformation of one thing into something else, e.g. applications of functions.
  • photography The image that a translucent object casts onto another object.
  • psychology A belief or assumption that others have similar thoughts and experiences as oneself
  • Something which projects, protrudes, juts out, sticks out, or stands out.
  • The display of an image by devices such as movie projector, video projector, overhead projector or slide projector.

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