The meaning of Projection

noun

A rounded swelling which distorts an otherwise flat surface.

Usage examples:

The telltale bulge of a concealed weapon

verb

Swell or protrude to an incongruous extent.

Usage examples:

The veins in his neck bulged

noun

A mathematical determination of the amount or number of something.

Usage examples:

Finding ways of saving money involves complicated calculations

noun

The process of finding an amount or number using mathematics

Usage examples:

A calculation of their tax liability will be made from their account books., my calculation is that…

noun

The action of mathematical calculation.

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Methods of computation

noun

Calculation

Usage examples:

[ u ] the computation of the square root of pi

noun

Fame or acknowledged superiority within a particular sphere.

Usage examples:

Her eminence in cinematography

noun

The state of being famous and important

Usage examples:

His eminence as a lawyer

verb

Roughly calculate or judge the value, number, quantity, or extent of.

Usage examples:

The aim is to estimate the effects of macroeconomic policy on the economy

noun

An approximate calculation or judgement of the value, number, quantity, or extent of something.

Usage examples:

At a rough estimate, staff are recycling a quarter of paper used

verb

Judge tentatively

noun

A rough calculation of the value, number, quantity, or extent of something.

Usage examples:

Estimations of protein concentrations

noun

Judgment; opinion

Usage examples:

The first novel was successful, whereas the second, in my estimation, was not.

noun

Your opinion of someone or something

Usage examples:

In sb's estimation in my estimation a lot of other banks are going to have the same problem., compu…

noun

The action of estimating or concluding something by assuming that existing trends will continue or a current method will remain applicable.

Usage examples:

Sizes were estimated by extrapolation

noun

The process of using existing information to discover what is likely to happen or be true in the future

Usage examples:

Extrapolation of sth the bank expects inflation to overshoot target in two years, but this is only …

noun

A projecting flat rim, collar, or rib on an object, serving for strengthening or attachment or (on a wheel) for maintaining position on a rail.

Usage examples:

The flanges that held the tailpipe to the aircraft

noun

A flat surface sticking out from an object, used to fix it to something or to make it stronger

Usage examples:

The flange around the wheels on railway trains helps to keep them on the rails.

verb

Predict or estimate (a future event or trend).

Usage examples:

Rain is forecast for scotland

noun

A calculation or estimate of future events, especially coming weather or a financial trend.

Usage examples:

Together the two firms can provide financial forecasts for virtually every listed company in the wo…

noun

A statement of what is likely to happen in the future

Usage examples:

The forecast is heavy rain for tomorrow., the government is forecasting that unemployment will cont…

verb

Predict or estimate (a future event or trend).

Usage examples:

Rain is forecast for scotland

noun

A calculation or estimate of future events, especially coming weather or a financial trend.

Usage examples:

Together the two firms can provide financial forecasts for virtually every listed company in the wo…

noun

The job or activity of judging what is likely to happen in the future, based on the information you have now

Usage examples:

Economic/market/sales forecasting the report looks at the role of sales and market forecasting in t…

noun

A sharp projection.

Usage examples:

Every jag, every bump on the wall revealed a zone of darkness that was worth to explore, but every …

verb

Stab, pierce, or prick.

Usage examples:

She jagged herself in the mouth

noun

A bout of unrestrained or excessive indulgence in alcohol or drugs, or in a particular emotion or activity.

Usage examples:

A thirty-five minute crying jag

verb

Extend out, over, or beyond the main body or line of something.

Usage examples:

A rock jutted out from the side of the bank

noun

A point that sticks out.

Usage examples:

We stopped on a jut of land

verb

To stick out, esp. above or beyond the edge or surface of something

Usage examples:

A large ship was docked at the pier that jutted out into the harbor.

noun

A narrow horizontal surface projecting from a wall, cliff, or other surface.

Usage examples:

He heaved himself up over a ledge

noun

A narrow, flat area like a shelf that sticks out from a building, cliff, or other vertical surface

Usage examples:

A window ledge

noun

A rock formation that is visible on the surface.

Usage examples:

Dramatic limestone outcrops

verb

Appear as an outcrop.

Usage examples:

At the very entrance of the cave there is a mammoth rock outcropping with a huge footprint.

noun

An area of bedrock (= solid rock that supports the earth above it) that can be seen at the surface of the earth

noun

Something that grows out of something else.

Usage examples:

The eye first appears as an outgrowth from the brain

verb

Hang or extend outwards over.

Usage examples:

A concrete path overhung by jacaranda trees

noun

A part of something that extends or hangs over something else.

Usage examples:

He crouched beneath an overhang of bushes

verb

(of something at a high level) to stick out farther than something at a lower level and therefore not to have any support from below, or to hang over

Usage examples:

The balcony overhangs the patio, creating a shady place to sit., the house has a deep overhang faci…

noun

A thing predicted; a forecast.

Usage examples:

A prediction that economic growth would resume

noun

A statement about what you think will happen in the future

Usage examples:

Make a prediction analysts are busy making predictions about what we can expect in the next budget.…

noun

The likely course of a medical condition.

Usage examples:

The disease has a poor prognosis

noun

A doctor’s judgment of the likely or expected development of a disease, or a statement of what the likely future situation is

Usage examples:

After successful surgery his prognosis was good.

noun

The action of prophesying future events.

Usage examples:

An unprecedented amount of soul-searching and prognostication

noun

A judgment or the act of making a judgment about what is likely to happen in the future

Usage examples:

Optimistic economic prognostications, his powers of prognostication, dna analysis will help doctors…

noun

The state of being important, famous, or noticeable.

Usage examples:

She came to prominence as an artist in the 1960s

noun

The state of being easily seen or well known

Usage examples:

Most of the papers give prominence to (= put in a noticeable position) the same story this morning.…

noun

Something that protrudes; a protuberance.

Usage examples:

A protrusion of rock jutted from the mountainside

noun

Something that sticks out from a surface, or the act of doing this

Usage examples:

It has a series of protrusions along its back., the condition results in weight loss, rapid heart b…

noun

A thing that protrudes from something else.

Usage examples:

Some dinosaurs evolved protuberances on top of their heads

noun

Something that sticks out from a surface

Usage examples:

If the plant has been infected you will see dark protuberances along the stems., bunions are bony p…

noun

The action or process of calculating or estimating something.

Usage examples:

The sixth, or by another reckoning eleventh, earl of mar

verb

Establish by calculation.

Usage examples:

His debts were reckoned at £300,000

noun

A calculation that you make

Usage examples:

By my reckoning, we should arrive in ten minutes.

noun

A long, narrow hilltop, mountain range, or watershed.

Usage examples:

The north-east ridge of everest

verb

Mark with or form into narrow raised bands.

Usage examples:

A field ploughed in narrow stretches that are ridged up slightly

noun

A long, narrow, raised part of a surface, esp. a high edge of a hill or mountain

Usage examples:

A mountain ridge, plowed ridges looked like stripes across the field.

noun

A flat length of wood or other rigid material, attached to a wall or forming part of a piece of furniture, that provides a surface for the storage or display of objects.

Usage examples:

The pieces were displayed on shelves, propped against the wall, emphasizing their three-dimensional…

verb

Inform on (someone).

Usage examples:

He never shelfed a man in his life

noun

A support that consists of a horizontal surface for holding objects

noun

An unexpected or hidden obstacle or drawback.

Usage examples:

There's one small snag

verb

Catch or tear (something) on a sharp projection.

Usage examples:

Thorns snagged his sweater

noun

A sausage.

Usage examples:

I make my own snags, my own pies and pasties

noun

A device with a small spike or a spiked wheel that is worn on a rider's heel and used for urging a horse forward.

Usage examples:

Jacobs said he used the spurs to control the horse and that any force he used was to control the ho…

verb

Urge (a horse) forward by digging one's spurs into its sides.

Usage examples:

She spurred her horse towards the hedge

verb

To encourage an activity or development, or to cause something to develop faster

Usage examples:

The huge new factory spurred economic growth in the entire region., the team's win on saturday will…