ETYM Latin projectio: cf. French projection.
1. The representation of a figure or solid on a plane as it would look from a particular direction.
2. Anything that branches out from a central support; SYN. protuberance.
3. A prediction made by extrapolating from past observations.
4. A defense mechanism by which one's own traits and emotions are attributed to someone else.
5. Any solid convex shape that juts out from something.
6. The projection of an image from a film onto a screen.