projection Meaning and Definition

1. n. the act of expelling or projecting or ejecting

2. n. the act of projecting out from something

3. n. any structure that branches out from a central support

4. n. the representation of a figure or solid on a plane as it would look from a particular direction

5. n. a prediction made by extrapolating from past observations

6. n. a planned undertaking

7. n. the projection of an image from a film onto a screen

8. n. the acoustic phenomenon that gives sound a penetrating quality

9. n. (psychiatry) a defense mechanism by which your own traits and emotions are attributed to someone else

10. n. any solid convex shape that juts out from something