projection
US: /pɹəˈdʒɛkʃən/
UK: /pɹədʒˈɛkʃən/
UK: /pɹədʒˈɛkʃən/
English Vietnamese dictionary
projection /projection/
- danh từ
- sự phóng ra, sự bắn ra
- the projection of a torpedo: việc phóng một ngư lôi
- (toán học) phép chiếu, sự chiếu, hình chiếu
- (điện ảnh) sự chiếu phim
- sự nhô ra; sự lồi ra; chỗ nhô ra, chỗ lồi ra
- a projection on the surface of the globe: chỗ nhô ra trên mặt địa cầu
- sự đặt kế hoạch, sự đặt đề án
- to undertake the projection of a new enterprise: đặt kế hoạch cho một tổ chức kinh doanh mới
- sự hiện hình, sự hình thành cụ thể (một ý nghĩ, một hình ảnh trong trí óc)
- sự phóng ra, sự bắn ra
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun
estimate
1 [C] an estimate or a statement of what figures, amounts, or events will be in the future, or what they were in the past, based on what is happening now: to make forward / backward projections of population figures + Sales have exceeded our projections. + Calculations are based on a projection of existing trends.
of image
2 [U, C] the act of putting an image of sth onto a surface; an image that is shown in this way: the projection of three-dimensional images on a computer screen + film / holographic / laser / video projections
of solid shape
3 [C] (technical) a solid shape or object as represented on a flat surface: map projections
sth that sticks out
4 [C] something that sticks out from a surface: tiny projections on the cell
of voice / sound
5 [U] the act of making your voice, a sound, etc. AUDIBLE (= able to be heard) at a distance: voice projection
psychology
6 [U] (technical) the act of imagining that sb else is thinking the same as you and is reacting in the same way
of thoughts / feelings
7 [C, U] the act of giving a form and structure to inner thoughts and feelings: The idea of God is a projection of humans' need to have something greater than themselves.
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 protrusion, protuberance, bulge, extension, overhang, ledge, flange; ridge, eminence, prominence, spur, crag, outcropping:
The safety line caught on a projection of the building, and the man was saved. That projection off to the north is covered with ice all year long
2 proposal, outlining, mapping, mapping out, presenting, presentation:
The projection of the plan for the new development must be effective for the council to accept it
3 plan, scheme, blueprint, programme, design, proposal, outline, diagram, map, representation, planning:
The council has approved the projection for the development of the waterfront
4 estimate, prognostication, forecast, prediction, calculation, reckoning:
These sales projections for next year are quite optimistic.
Collocation dictionary
ADJ.
current, latest | forward, future | population | financial, profit, sales
VERB + PROJECTION
make | revise
PREP.
on … ~s
On current projections, there will be more than ten million people 65 or over in 2010.
| ~ about
He declined to make projections about the next quarter's earnings.
| ~ as to
We have been making forward projections as to future profitability of the firm.
| ~ for
They presented profit projections for the rest of the year.
| ~ of
The council has revised its projections of funding requirements upwards.
Concise English dictionary
projectionsprə'dʒekʃn
noun
+a prediction made by extrapolating from past observations
+the projection of an image from a film onto a screen
+a planned undertaking
+any structure that branches out from a central support
+any solid convex shape that juts out from something
+(psychiatry) a defense mechanism by which your own traits and emotions are attributed to someone else
+the acoustic phenomenon that gives sound a penetrating quality
+the representation of a figure or solid on a plane as it would look from a particular direction
+the act of projecting out from something
+the act of expelling or projecting or ejecting
