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projections

/prəˈdʒɛkʃənz/ /proʊˈdʒɛkʃənz/

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Something which projects, protrudes, juts out, sticks out, or stands out.

Examples :

"The face of the cliff had many projections that were big enough for birds to nest on."

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The action of projecting or throwing or propelling something.

Examples :

"The engineer analyzed the projections of water from the new sprinkler system to ensure they covered the entire lawn. "

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The crisis or decisive point of any process, especially a culinary process.

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"The projections of bread baking are easy to spot: the golden brown crust and the irresistible aroma that fills the kitchen. "

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The display of an image by devices such as movie projector, video projector, overhead projector or slide projector.

Examples :

"The children were excited to watch the colorful projections of cartoon characters on the classroom wall. "

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A forecast or prognosis obtained by extrapolation

Examples :

"Based on current sales, the company's projections for the next quarter show a 10% increase in profit. "

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A belief or assumption that others have similar thoughts and experiences as oneself

Examples :

"Her constant projections onto her daughter's career aspirations led her to believe the daughter wanted to be a doctor, even though the daughter dreamed of being a musician. "

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The image that a translucent object casts onto another object.

Examples :

"As the sun set, the intricate patterns of the window created beautiful projections on the living room wall. "

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Any of several systems of intersecting lines that allow the curved surface of the earth to be represented on a flat surface. The set of mathematics used to calculate coordinate positions.

Examples :

"The map used different projections to minimize distortion of land sizes near the poles. "

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An image of an object on a surface of fewer dimensions.

Examples :

"The shadow puppet show used hand gestures to create projections of animals on the wall. "

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An idempotent linear transformation which maps vectors from a vector space onto a subspace.

Examples :

"The art teacher showed us how the projections of a three-dimensional object onto a flat canvas could create different perspectives. "

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A transformation which extracts a fragment of a mathematical object.

Examples :

"The math student created different projections of a 3D cube onto a 2D plane to understand its properties better. "

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A morphism from a categorical product to one of its (two) components.

Examples :

"In programming, when accessing individual elements of a pair or tuple, the operations used to retrieve those elements can be understood as projections. "

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