Projection - Definition

n 1: a prediction made by extrapolating from past observations
2: the projection of an image from a film onto a screen
3: a planned undertaking [syn: project, projection]
4: any structure that branches out from a central support
5: any solid convex shape that juts out from something
6: (psychiatry) a defense mechanism by which your own traits and
emotions are attributed to someone else
7: the acoustic phenomenon that gives sound a penetrating
quality; "our ukuleles have been designed to have superior
sound and projection"; "a prime ingredient of public speaking
is projection of the voice" [syn: projection, acoustic
projection, sound projection]
8: the representation of a figure or solid on a plane as it
would look from a particular direction
9: the act of projecting out from something [syn: protrusion,
projection, jut, jutting]
10: the act of expelling or projecting or ejecting [syn:
expulsion, projection, ejection, forcing out]