Meaning & Definition of Projection in English

1. A prediction made by extrapolating from past observations

2. The projection of an image from a film onto a screen

3. A planned undertaking

4. Any structure that branches out from a central support

5. Any solid convex shape that juts out from something

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

7. The acoustic phenomenon that gives sound a penetrating quality

• "Our ukuleles have been designed to have superior sound and projection"

• "A prime ingredient of public speaking is projection of the voice"

8. The representation of a figure or solid on a plane as it would look from a particular direction

9. The act of projecting out from something

10. The act of expelling or projecting or ejecting