# Definition of Projection. Meaning of Projection. Synonyms of Projection

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## Definition of Projection

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Orthographic Or`tho*graph"ic, Orthographical Or`tho*graph"ic*al, a. [Cf. F. orthographique, L. orthographus, Gr. ?.] 1. Of or pertaining to orthography, or right spelling; also, correct in spelling; as, orthographical rules; the letter was orthographic. 2. (Geom.) Of or pertaining to right lines or angles. Orthographic or Orthogonal, projection, that projection which is made by drawing lines, from every point to be projected, perpendicular to the plane of projection. Such a projection of the sphere represents its circles as seen in perspective by an eye supposed to be placed at an infinite distance, the plane of projection passing through the center of the sphere perpendicularly to the line of sight.

## Meaning of Projection from wikipedia

- Projection, projections or projective may refer to: The display of images by a projector Map projection, reducing the surface of a three-dimensional planet...
- map projections. All map projections necessarily distort the surface in some fashion. There is no limit to the number of possible map projections. Projections...
- Psychological projection is a defence mechanism in which the human ego defends itself against unconscious impulses or qualities (both positive and negative)...
- The vector projection of a vector a on (or onto) a nonzero vector b (also known as the vector component or vector resolution of a in the direction of b)...
- equirectangular projection (also called the equidistant cylindrical projection, geographic projection, or la carte parallélogrammatique projection, and which...
- Orthographic projection (sometimes orthogonal projection) is a means of representing three-dimensional objects in two dimensions. It is a form of parallel...
- Astral projection (or astral travel) is a term used in esotericism to describe an intentional out-of-body experience (OBE) that ****umes the existence of...
- In linear algebra and functional analysis, a projection is a linear transformation P {\displaystyle P} from a vector space to itself such that P 2 = P...
- projection categories, each with its own protocol: parallel projection perspective projection Multiview projection (elevation) Axonometric projection...
- The Gall–Peters projection is a rectangular map projection that maps all areas such that they have the correct sizes relative to each other. Like any equal-area...