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Noun projection has 10 senses

projection - a prediction made by extrapolating from past observations
--₁ is a kind of prediction, anticipation, prevision
projection - the projection of an image from a film onto a screen
--₂ is a kind of visual communication

Derived form: verb project₄
project, projection - a planned undertaking
--₃ is a kind of plan, program, programme
--₃ has particulars: moneymaker, money-spinner, cash cow
projection - any structure that branches out from a central support
--₄ is a kind of structure, construction
--₄ has particulars:
arm, branch, limb; brim; burr; cleat; cornice; drip, drip mold, drip mould; flange, rim; fluke, flue; head; knob, boss; lobe; lug; overhang; prong; spike; tenon; tooth; tooth
projection - any solid convex shape that juts out from something
--₅ is a kind of convex shape, convexity
--₅ has particulars:
salient; jag; bulge, bump, hump, gibbosity, gibbousness, jut, prominence, protuberance, protrusion, extrusion, excrescence; spur, spine; tail, tail end; tongue, knife
projection - (psychiatry) a defense mechanism by which your own traits and emotions are attributed to someone else
--₆ is a kind of defense mechanism, defense reaction, defence mechanism, defence reaction, defense, defence
projection, acoustic projection, sound projection - 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"
--₇ is a kind of acoustic phenomenon

Derived form: verb project₅
projection - the representation of a figure or solid on a plane as it would look from a particular direction
--₈ is a kind of representation
--₈ has particulars: map projection
protrusion, projection, jut, jutting - the act of projecting out from something
--₉ is a kind of change of shape

Derived form: verb project₂
expulsion, projection, ejection, forcing out - the act of expelling or projecting or ejecting
--₁₀ is a kind of propulsion, actuation
--₁₀ has particulars:
belch, belching, burp, burping, eructation; belching; coughing up; spit, spitting, expectoration; vomit, vomiting, emesis, regurgitation, disgorgement, puking