projection

  • 21projection — pro|jec|tion S3 [prəˈdʒekʃən] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(calculation)¦ 2¦(something sticking out)¦ 3¦(film)¦ 4¦(feeling)¦ 5¦(picture)¦ 6¦(imagined qualities)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1.) ¦(CALCULATION)¦ a statement or calculation about what something will be in the …

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  • 22projection — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ current, latest ▪ initial, original ▪ future, long term ▪ demographic, population …

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  • 23projection — n. estimate 1) to make a projection 2) a computer projection system of presenting a map 3) a homolosine; isometric; Mercator; sinusoidal projection * * * [prə dʒekʃ(ə)n] Mercator isometric sinusoidal projection [ estimate ] to make a projection [ …

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  • 24PROJECTION — n. f. T. didactique Action de jeter, de lancer un corps pesant. Poudre de projection, Poudre qui, projetée sur un métal, devait, suivant les alchimistes, le changer en or. PROJECTION, en termes de Géographie et de Perspective, désigne la… …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 8eme edition (1935)

  • 25projection — a forecast of future trends in the operation of a business. Glossary of Business Terms The use of econometric models to forecast the future performance of a company, country, or other financial entity using historical and current information.… …

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  • 26projection */ — UK [prəˈdʒekʃ(ə)n] / US noun Word forms projection : singular projection plural projections 1) [countable] a calculation of the way that something will change and develop in the future, especially of how fast it will grow or become smaller… …

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  • 27projection — [[t]prəʤe̱kʃ(ə)n[/t]] projections 1) N COUNT A projection is an estimate of a future amount. ...the company s projection of 11 million visitors for the first year. ...sales projections. Syn: forecast, estimate 2) N UNCOUNT: usu N n The projection …

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  • 28projection — noun Date: 1557 1. a. a systematic presentation of intersecting coordinate lines on a flat surface upon which features from a curved surface (as of the earth or the celestial sphere) may be mapped < an equal area map projection > b. the process&#8230; …

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  • 29projection — pro|jec|tion [ prə dʒekʃən ] noun * ▸ 1 calculation about future ▸ 2 sending image to screen ▸ 3 (giving people) an idea ▸ 4 something that sticks out ▸ 5 (method of making) map 1. ) count a calculation of the way something will change and&#8230; …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 30projection — In cartography, any systematic arrangement of parallels and meridians portraying a quasi spherical planetary surface on a plane of a map. See Mercator map projection, Lambert conformal conic map projection, and international modified poly conic&#8230; …

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