projectionnoun
uk/prəˈdʒek.ʃən/us/prəˈdʒek.ʃən/projection noun (CALCULATION)
C1 [ C ] a calculation or guess about the future based on information that you have:
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Predicting things and intuition
- augur
- augury
- bellwether
- betcha
- bode
- far-sighted
- intuit
- intuition
- intuitive
- nasty
- omen
- prophesy
- prophetic
- psychic
- read sb's mind idiom
- read sb's palm idiom
- read the runes idiom
- scent
- second-guess
- visionary
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projection noun (IMAGE)
C1 [ U ] the act of projecting a film or an image onto a screen or wall
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Photography
- airbrush
- aperture
- camera
- camera obscura
- camera-shy
- capture
- high-resolution
- hologram
- holography
- kinetoscope
- lo-res
- negative
- say cheese idiom
- selfie
- sharp
- shoot
- shutter
- slide
- SLR camera
- snapshot
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projection noun (STICKING OUT)
[ C ] something that projects from a surface or above the edge of something
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Protruding and sticking out
- bristle
- bulbous
- bulge
- jut
- ledge
- male
- outcrop
- overhang
- peek
- poke
- project
- protrude
- protrusion
- protuberance
- protuberant
- proud
- stick
- stick (sth) out
- stick out
- stick up
projection noun (DRAWING)
[ C ] specialized art, architecture a drawing that represents a solid shape or a line as seen from a particular direction
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Geometry: describing angles, lines & orientations
- alternate angle
- angle of incidence
- antinode
- asymptote
- asymptotic
- axial
- erect
- horizontal
- oblique
- parallel
- plumb
- prominent
- reflection
- right angle
- secant
- slant
- supplementary angle
- tangent
- tangential
- transversal
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