Definition of projection

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Projection (n.) A jutting out; also, a part jutting out, as of a building; an extension beyond something else..

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Fetlock :: Fetlock (n.) The cushionlike projection, bearing a tuft of long hair, on the back side of the leg above the hoof of the horse and similar animals. Also, the joint of the limb at this point (between the great pastern bone and the metacarpus), or the tuft of hair..
Stumped :: Stump (n.) A pin in a tumbler lock which forms an obstruction to throwing the bolt, except when the gates of the tumblers are properly arranged, as by the key; a fence; also, a pin or projection in a lock to form a guide for a movable piece..
Salience :: Salience (n.) The quality or state of projecting, or being projected; projection; protrusion..
Jutty :: "Jutty (n.) A projection in a building; also, a pier or mole; a jetty..
Epicondyle :: Epicondyle (n.) A projection on the inner side of the distal end of the numerus; the internal condyle.
Nosing :: Nosing (n.) That part of the treadboard of a stair which projects over the riser; hence, any like projection, as the projecting edge of a molding..
Horn :: Horn (n.) The high pommel of a saddle; also, either of the projections on a lady's saddle for supporting the leg..
Unarmed :: Unarmed (a.) Having no hard and sharp projections, as spines, prickles, spurs, claws, etc..
Prognathism :: Prognathism (n.) Projection of the jaws.
Hound :: Hound (n.) Projections at the masthead, serving as a support for the trestletrees and top to rest on..
Boss :: Boss (n.) A protuberant ornament on any work, either of different material from that of the work or of the same, as upon a buckler or bridle; a stud; a knob; the central projection of a shield. See Umbilicus..
Rest :: Rest (n.) A projection from the right side of the cuirass, serving to support the lance..
Cascabel :: Cascabel (n.) The projection in rear of the breech of a cannon, usually a knob or breeching loop connected with the gun by a neck. In old writers it included all in rear of the base ring. [See Illust. of Cannon.].
Trace :: Trace (v. t.) The intersection of a plane of projection, or an original plane, with a coordinate plane..
Shading :: Shading (n.) That filling up which represents the effect of more or less darkness, expressing rotundity, projection, etc., in a picture or a drawing..
Brad :: Brad (n.) A thin nail, usually small, with a slight projection at the top on one side instead of a head; also, a small wire nail, with a flat circular head; sometimes, a small, tapering, square-bodied finishing nail, with a countersunk head..
Horn :: Horn (n.) A curved projection on the fore part of a plane.
Diamond :: Diamond (n.) A pointed projection, like a four-sided pyramid, used for ornament in lines or groups..
Relish :: Relish (n.) The projection or shoulder at the side of, or around, a tenon, on a tenoned piece..
Projection :: Projection (n.) The representation of something; delineation; plan; especially, the representation of any object on a perspective plane, or such a delineation as would result were the chief points of the object thrown forward upon the plane, each in the direction of a line drawn through it from a given point of sight, or central point; as, the projection of a sphere. The several kinds of projection differ according to the assumed point of sight and plane of projection in each..
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