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Projection for Dummies

noun

pronunciation: prə'dʒɛkʃən

What does Projection really mean?

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Projection can be a tricky concept to understand, but I'll do my best to explain it in a way that makes sense to you. Imagine you're watching a movie on a big screen in a dark room. The movie is coming from a little machine at the back of the room, and it's being projected onto the screen so you can see it clearly. In a way, the machine is projecting the images onto the screen for you to watch.

Now, let's think about projection in another context. Sometimes people might say that someone is projecting their feelings or thoughts onto someone else. This means that they are putting their own feelings or thoughts onto another person, as if they were projecting them outwards.

Another way to think about projection is in terms of mapping or extension. When you project something, you're extending it or casting it outwards, like shining a flashlight into the dark - the light extends out from the flashlight into the darkness.

So, in simpler terms, projection means extending or casting something outwards, whether it's light onto a screen, feelings onto someone else, or mapping an image onto a surface. I hope that helps you understand what projection means!

Revised and Fact checked by Robert Taylor on 2023-11-09 18:29:53

Projection In a sentece

Learn how to use Projection inside a sentece

  • When you watch a movie at the cinema, the picture you see on the screen is a projection of the film that is played through a special machine called a projector.
  • When you stand in front of a mirror, you see a projection of your reflection on the mirror's surface.
  • If you take a flashlight and shine it on a wall, the light beam creates a projection of the shape of the flashlight on the wall.
  • In a science class, you might use a projector to show an image or diagram on a big screen for everyone to see. The image on the screen is a projection of what you are showing through the projector.
  • When you throw a ball in the air, the path the ball takes is a projection of its trajectory or the path it follows.