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projection#1 (projection%1:09:01::)
(a prediction made by extrapolating from past observations)
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projection#2 (projection%1:10:00::)
(the projection of an image from a film onto a screen)
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sister term
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visual communication#1 (visual_communication%1:10:00::)
(communication that relies on vision)
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communication#2 (communication%1:03:00::)
(something that is communicated by or to or between people or groups)
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abstraction#6 (abstraction%1:03:00::)
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abstract entity#1 (abstract_entity%1:03:00::)
(a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples)
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entity#1 (entity%1:03:00::)
(that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving))
derivationally related form
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project#2 (project%1:09:00::)
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projection#3 (projection%1:09:00::)
(a planned undertaking)
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projection#4 (projection%1:06:00::)
(any structure that branches out from a central support)
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projection#5 (projection%1:25:00::)
(any solid convex shape that juts out from something)
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projection#6 (projection%1:22:00::)
((psychiatry) a defense mechanism by which your own traits and emotions are attributed to someone else)
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projection#7 (projection%1:19:00::)
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acoustic projection#1 (acoustic_projection%1:19:00::)
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sound projection#1 (sound_projection%1:19:00::)
(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"
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projection#8 (projection%1:06:01::)
(the representation of a figure or solid on a plane as it would look from a particular direction)
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(n)
map projection#1 (map_projection%1:06:00::)
(a projection of the globe onto a flat map using a grid of lines of latitude and longitude)
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conformal projection#1 (conformal_projection%1:06:00::)
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orthomorphic projection#1 (orthomorphic_projection%1:06:00::)
(a map projection in which a small area is rendered in its true shape)
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conic projection#1 (conic_projection%1:06:00::)
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conical projection#1 (conical_projection%1:06:00::)
(a map projection of the globe onto a cone with its point over one of the earth's poles)
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polyconic projection#1 (polyconic_projection%1:06:00::)
(a conic projection of a map having distances between meridians equal to those distances on a globe)
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equal-area projection#1 (equal-area_projection%1:06:00::)
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equal-area map projection#1 (equal-area_map_projection%1:06:00::)
(a map projection in which quadrilaterals formed by meridians and parallels have an area on the map proportional to their area on the globe)
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homolosine projection#1 (homolosine_projection%1:06:00::)
(an equal-area projection map of the globe; oceans are distorted in order to minimize the distortion of the continents)
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sinusoidal projection#1 (sinusoidal_projection%1:06:00::)
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Sanson-Flamsteed projection#1 (sanson-flamsteed_projection%1:06:00::)
(an equal-area map projection showing parallels and the equator as straight lines and other meridians as curved; used to map tropical latitudes)
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Mercator projection#1 (mercator_projection%1:06:00::)
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Mercator's projection#1 (mercator's_projection%1:06:00::)
(a map projection of the earth onto a cylinder; areas appear greater the farther they are from the equator)
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protrusion#2 (protrusion%1:04:00::)
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projection#9 (projection%1:04:02::)
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jut#2 (jut%1:04:00::)
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jutting#1 (jutting%1:04:00::)
(the act of projecting out from something)
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expulsion#3 (expulsion%1:04:00::)
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projection#10 (projection%1:04:00::)
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ejection#1 (ejection%1:04:01::)
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forcing out#1 (forcing_out%1:04:00::)
(the act of expelling or projecting or ejecting)