Non-projection


[pruh-jek-shuh n] /prəˈdʒɛk ʃən/

noun
1.
a projecting or protruding part.
Synonyms: overhang, protrusion, jut.
2.
the state or fact of jutting out or protruding.
3.
a causing to jut or protrude.
4.
the act, process, or result of projecting.
5.
Also called map projection. Cartography. a systematic construction of lines drawn on a plane surface representative of and corresponding to the meridians and parallels of the curved surface of the earth or celestial sphere.
6.
Photography.

7.
the act of visualizing and regarding an idea or the like as an objective reality.
8.
something that is so visualized and regarded.
9.
calculation of some future thing:
They fell short of their projection for the rate of growth.
Synonyms: prediction, forecast, extrapolation.
10.
the act of communicating distinctly and forcefully to an audience.
11.
Psychology.

12.
the act of planning or scheming.
13.
Alchemy. the casting of the powder of philosophers’ stone upon metal in fusion, to transmute it into gold or silver.
/prəˈdʒɛkʃən/
noun
1.
the act of projecting or the state of being projected
2.
an object or part that juts out
3.
See map projection
4.
the representation of a line, figure, or solid on a given plane as it would be seen from a particular direction or in accordance with an accepted set of rules
5.
a scheme or plan
6.
a prediction based on known evidence and observations
7.

8.
(psychol)

9.
the mixing by alchemists of powdered philosopher’s stone with molten base metals in order to transmute them into gold
n.

late 15c., in alchemy, “transmutation by casting a powder on molten metal; 1550s in the cartographical sense “drawing of a map or chart according to scale,” from Middle French projection, from Latin proiectionem (nominative proiectio), from past participle stem of proicere (see project (n.)). From 1590s as “action of projecting.”

projection pro·jec·tion (prə-jěk’shən)
n.

projection
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