Noun
The act of throwing or shooting forward.
A jutting out; also, a part jutting out, as of a building; an extension beyond something else.
The act of scheming or planning; also, that which is planned; contrivance; design; plan.
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.
Any method of representing the surface of the earth upon a plane.
Source: Webster's dictionaryBy means of microscopic observation and astronomical projection the lotus flower can become the foundation for an entire theory of the universe and an agent whereby we may perceive Truth. Yukio Mishima
Acting is the physical representation of a mental picture and the projection of an emotional concept. Laurette Taylor
Whatever happens in the world is real, what one thinks should have happened is projection. We suffer more from our fictitious illusion and expectations of reality. Jacque Fresco
The person one loves never really exists, but is a projection focused through the lens of the mind onto whatever screen it fits with least distortion. Arthur C. Clarke
Yet a personal God can become a grave liability. He can be a mere idol carved in our own image, a projection of our limited needs. fears and desires. We can assume that he loves what we love and hates what we hate, endorsing our prejudices instead of compelling us to transcend them. Karen Armstrong
Induction is the process of taking things within our experience to be representative of the world outside our experience. It is a process of projection or extrapolation. Simon Blackburn