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PROJECTION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of expelling or projecting or ejecting
Synonyms:
ejection; expulsion; forcing out; projection
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("projection" is a kind of...):
actuation; propulsion (the act of propelling)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "projection"):
belch; belching; burp; burping; eructation (a reflex that expels gas noisily from the stomach through the mouth)
belching (the forceful expulsion of something from inside)
coughing up (the act of expelling (food or phlegm) by coughing)
expectoration; spit; spitting (the act of spitting (forcefully expelling saliva))
disgorgement; emesis; puking; regurgitation; vomit; vomiting (the reflex act of ejecting the contents of the stomach through the mouth)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The act of projecting out from something
Synonyms:
jut; jutting; projection; protrusion
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("projection" is a kind of...):
change of shape (an action that changes the shape of something)
Derivation:
project (extend out or project in space)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Any structure that branches out from a central support
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("projection" is a kind of...):
construction; structure (a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "projection"):
tooth (one of a number of uniform projections on a gear)
tooth (something resembling the tooth of an animal)
tenon (a projection at the end of a piece of wood that is shaped to fit into a mortise and form a mortise joint)
spike (a sharp-pointed projection along the top of a fence or wall (or a dinosaur))
prong (a pointed projection)
overhang (projection that extends beyond or hangs over something else)
lug (a projecting piece that is used to lift or support or turn something)
lobe (a rounded projection that is part of a larger structure)
boss; knob (a circular rounded projection or protuberance)
head (a projection out from one end)
flue; fluke (flat bladelike projection on the arm of an anchor)
flange; rim (a projection used for strength or for attaching to another object)
drip; drip mold; drip mould ((architecture) a projection from a cornice or sill designed to protect the area below from rainwater (as over a window or doorway))
cornice (the topmost projecting part of an entablature)
cleat (a metal or leather projection (as from the sole of a shoe); prevents slipping)
burr (rough projection left on a workpiece after drilling or cutting)
brim (a circular projection that sticks outward from the crown of a hat)
arm; branch; limb (any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm)
Sense 4
Meaning:
The representation of a figure or solid on a plane as it would look from a particular direction
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("projection" is a kind of...):
representation (a creation that is a visual or tangible rendering of someone or something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "projection"):
map projection (a projection of the globe onto a flat map using a grid of lines of latitude and longitude)
Sense 5
Meaning:
A prediction made by extrapolating from past observations
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("projection" is a kind of...):
anticipation; prediction; prevision (the act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future))
Sense 6
Meaning:
A planned undertaking
Synonyms:
project; projection
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("projection" is a kind of...):
plan; program; programme (a series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "projection"):
cash cow; money-spinner; moneymaker (a project that generates a continuous flow of money)
Sense 7
Meaning:
The projection of an image from a film onto a screen
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("projection" is a kind of...):
visual communication (communication that relies on vision)
Derivation:
project (project on a screen)
Sense 8
Meaning:
The acoustic phenomenon that gives sound a penetrating quality
Example:
a prime ingredient of public speaking is projection of the voice
Synonyms:
acoustic projection; projection; sound projection
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Hypernyms ("projection" is a kind of...):
acoustic phenomenon (a physical phenomenon associated with the production or transmission of sound)
Derivation:
project (cause to be heard)
Sense 9
Meaning:
(psychiatry) a defense mechanism by which your own traits and emotions are attributed to someone else
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("projection" is a kind of...):
defence; defence mechanism; defence reaction; defense; defense mechanism; defense reaction ((psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires)
Domain category:
psychiatry; psychological medicine; psychopathology (the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders)
Sense 10
Meaning:
Any solid convex shape that juts out from something
Classified under:
Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes
Hypernyms ("projection" is a kind of...):
convex shape; convexity (a shape that curves or bulges outward)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "projection"):
salient ((military) the part of the line of battle that projects closest to the enemy)
jag (a sharp projection on an edge or surface)
bulge; bump; excrescence; extrusion; gibbosity; gibbousness; hump; jut; prominence; protrusion; protuberance; swelling (something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings)
acantha; spine; spur (any sharply pointed projection)
tail; tail end (any projection that resembles the tail of an animal)
knife; tongue (any long thin projection that is transient)
keel (a projection or ridge that suggests a keel)
Context examples:
A traditional serrated adenoma characterized by the presence of prominent villous projections of the neoplastic epithelium.
(Filiform Serrated Adenoma, NCI Thesaurus)
There are several other types of cells that cover the blood vessel, including specialized brain cells known as astrocytes, which have extensive projections, called endfeet, that cover 90 percent of the blood vessel surface.
(Brain tumor invasion along blood vessels may lead to new cancer treatments, NIH)
Together, the findings suggest that activation of the cerebellar projections to the VTA is rewarding for mice and that the cerebellum plays a role in reward-related behaviors.
(New Findings Reveal Surprising Role of the Cerebellum in Reward and Social Behaviors, National Institutes of Health)
A breast carcinoma characterized by the formation of irregular, finger-like projections of fibrous stroma covered with neoplastic epithelial cells.
(Papillary Breast Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)
A malignant neoplasm characterized by the formation of numerous, irregular, finger-like projections of fibrous stroma that is covered with a surface layer of neoplastic epithelial cells.
(Papillary Carcinoma, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
Forms finger-like fibrovascular projections covered with neoplastic epithelium.
(Papillary Mammary Carcinoma of Mouse, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)
Projection of a tooth beyond its normal position.
(Overeruption, NCI Thesaurus)
A biphasic polypoid neoplasm characterized by the presence of papillary projections that are lined by epithelial cells and fibrotic stroma.
(Papillary Adenofibroma, NCI Thesaurus)
A serous cystadenoma of the ovary characterized by the presence of small papillary projections in the inner surface of the cysts.
(Ovarian Papillary Cystadenoma, NCI Thesaurus)
Tiny vascular tissue projections from the membranous sac that surrounds the embryo.
(Chorionic Villus, NCI Thesaurus)
