projection
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(noun) anything that branches out from a central support |
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Synonyms: protuberance |
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Related Words: arm, branch, brim, burr, cleat, construction, cornice, flange, flue, fluke, head, knob, lug, overhang, prong, rim, spike, structure, tenon, tooth |
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(noun) the representation of a figure or solid on a plane as it would look from a particular direction |
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Related Words: map projection, representation |
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(noun) a prediction made by extrapolating from past observations |
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Related Words: anticipation, foresight, prediction |
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(noun) the projection of an image from a film onto a screen |
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Related Words: visual communication |
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(noun) a defense mechanism by which your own traits and emotions are attributed to someone else |
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Related Words: defence, defence mechanism, defence reaction, defense, defense mechanism, defense reaction |
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(noun) any solid convex shape that juts out from something |
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Related Words: bulge, bump, convex shape, convexity, excrescence, extrusion, gibbosity, gibbousness, hump, jut, knife, prominence, protrusion, protuberance, salient, tail, tail end, tongue |
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(noun) the act of expelling or projecting or ejecting |
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Synonyms: ejection, expulsion, forcing out |
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Related Words: actuation, belch, belching, burp, burping, coughing up, disgorgement, eructation, expectoration, heaving, propulsion, puking, regurgitation, spit, spitting, vomit, vomiting |
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(noun) the act of projecting out from something |
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Synonyms: jut, jutting, protrusion |
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Related Words: change of shape |
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(noun) a planned undertaking |
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Synonyms: project |
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Related Words: cash cow, money-spinner, moneymaker, plan, program, programme |
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