Projection
 

projection
noun1.a prediction made by extrapolating from past observations2.the projection of an image from a film onto a screen3.a planned undertaking[syn: project]4.any structure that branches out from a central support5.any solid convex shape that juts out from something6.(psychiatry) a defense mechanism by which your own traits and emotions are attributed to someone else7.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"8.the representation of a figure or solid on a plane as it would look from a particular direction9.the act of projecting out from something[syn: protrusion]10.the act of expelling or projecting or ejecting[syn: expulsion]