PROJECTING

jutting, projected, projecting, protruding, relieved, sticking, sticking out

(adjective) extending out above or beyond a surface or boundary; ā€œthe jutting limb of a treeā€; ā€œmassive projected buttressesā€; ā€œhis protruding ribsā€; ā€œa pile of boards sticking over the end of his truckā€

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Adjective

projecting (not comparable)

Sticking out.

(psychology) Giving an outward appearance, in order to avoid a direct connection or to disguise or inflate the real essence.

Verb

projecting

present participle of project

Noun

projecting (plural projectings)

The act by which something is projected.

A projecting part.

Source: Wiktionary


PROJECT

Proj"ect, n. Etym: [OF. project, F. projet, fr. L. projectus, p. p. of projicere to project; pro forward + jacere to throw. See Jet a shooting forth, and cf. Projet.]

1. The place from which a thing projects, or starts forth. [Obs.] Holland.

2. That which is projected or designed; something intended or devised; a scheme; a design; a plan. Vented much policy, and projects deep. Milton. Projects of happiness devised by human reason. Rogers. He entered into the project with his customary ardor. Prescott.

3. An idle scheme; an impracticable design; as, a man given to projects.

Syn.

– Design; scheme; plan; purpose.

– Project, Design. A project is something of a practical nature thrown out for consideration as to its being done. A design is a project when matured and settled, as a thing to be accomplished. An ingenious man has many projects, but, if governed by sound sense, will be slow in forming them into designs. See also Scheme.

Pro*ject", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Projected; p. pr. & vb. n. Projecting.] Etym: [Cf. OF. projecter, F. projeter.]

1. To throw or cast forward; to shoot forth. Before his feet herself she did project. Spenser. Behold! th' ascending villas on my side Project long shadows o'er the crystal tide. Pope.

2. To cast forward or revolve in the mind; to contrive; to devise; to scheme; as, to project a plan. What sit then projecting peace and war Milton.

3. (Persp.)

Definition: To draw or exhibit, as the form of anything; to delineate; as, to project a sphere, a map, an ellipse, and the like; -- sometimes with on, upon, into, etc.; as, to project a line or point upon a plane. See Projection, 4.

Pro*ject", v. i.

1. To shoot forward; to extend beyond something else; to be prominent; to jut; as, the cornice projects; branches project from the tree.

2. To form a project; to scheme. [R.] Fuller.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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PRESENTATION

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