projection
noun
[ prəˈdʒɛkʃ(ə)n ]
• an estimate or forecast of a future situation based on a study of present trends.
• "plans based on projections of slow but positive growth"
Similar:
estimate,
forecast,
prediction,
calculation,
prognosis,
prognostication,
reckoning,
expectation,
forecasting,
estimation,
computation,
extrapolation,
• the presentation of an image on a surface, especially a cinema screen.
• "quality illustrations for overhead projection"
• the presentation or promotion of someone or something in a particular way.
• "the legal profession's projection of an image of altruism"
• a thing that extends outwards from something else.
• "the chipboard covered all the sharp projections"
Similar:
protuberance,
protrusion,
sticking-out bit,
overhang,
ledge,
shelf,
ridge,
prominence,
spur,
outcrop,
outgrowth,
jut,
bulge,
jag,
snag,
flange,
eminence,
• the action of projecting a figure.
• the representation on a plane surface of part of the surface of the earth or a celestial sphere.
Origin:
mid 16th century (in projection (sense 6)): from Latin projectio(n- ), from proicere ‘throw forth’ (see project).
