projection

«projection» in Mova's school dictionary: an image shown on a screen or wall by a projector — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (projection, projections)

meaning for a pupil

1) A projection is an image shown on a screen or wall by a projector. tree →

2) A projection is a guess about the future based on numbers now: a sales projection. tree →

3) A projection is a part that sticks out from something. tree →

4) (maths and geography) A map projection is a way of drawing the round Earth on a flat map. tree →

5) (psychology) Projection is blaming others for feelings you have yourself. tree →

sense in the lessons

In class the teacher uses a projector to make a projection on the board. In maths and data lessons projections predict future numbers. In geography, every flat map uses a projection and so stretches some places (on many world maps Greenland looks much bigger than it is).

examples

• The projection on the wall was blurry. tree →
• The teacher adjusted the projection. tree →
• The projection says the town will grow. tree →
• A rock projection made a shelter. tree →
• The Mercator projection makes Greenland look huge. tree →
• Population projections help plan schools. tree →
• Voice projection helps actors be heard. tree →
• The film projection started late. tree →

note

Countable. Verb: project (pro-JECT); noun «project» (PRO-ject) is a piece of work. A projection is an estimate, not a fact. In maths, «if it grows by 10 each year, the projection after 3 years is +30».

In the corpora

• No projection is wrong and none is perfect; the clever question is always what this map was made for.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «projection» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.