projection
noun
Simple meaning
The display of an image by devices such as movie projector, video projector, overhead projector or slide projector.
Pronunciation
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IPA pronunciation (US)
pɹəˈdʒɛkʃən
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) is a standard way of writing speech sounds.
Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
The action of projecting or throwing or propelling something.
The display of an image by devices such as movie projector, video projector, overhead projector or slide projector.
The act of projecting out from something
Something which projects, protrudes, juts out, sticks out, or stands out.
Any structure that branches out from a central support
Any solid convex shape that juts out from something
Word at a Glance
- Difficulty
- A2 · Elementary (estimated)
- Frequency
- Common
- Typical Use
- General English
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
Aura for this meaning
This meaning: The action of projecting or throwing or propelling something.
Used this way, projection is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Matter-of-fact
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
Word Aura describes common impressions, not a measurement. Tone changes with sentence, speaker, relationship and situation.
More ways to use projection
- “Our ukuleles have been designed to have superior sound and projection.”noun
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Compound terms
Established multiword terms.
A white or silvered surface where pictures can be projected for viewing.
A map projection of the globe onto a cone with its point over one of the earth's poles.
A map projection of the globe onto a cone with its point over one of the earth's poles.
A map projection in which quadrilaterals formed by meridians and parallels have an area on the map proportional to their area on the globe.
A map projection in which quadrilaterals formed by meridians and parallels have an area on the map proportional to their area on the globe.
An equal-area projection map of the globe.
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