projection
     n 1: a prediction made by extrapolating from past observations
     2: the projection of an image from a film onto a screen
     3: a planned undertaking [syn: {project}]
     4: any structure that branches out from a central support
     5: any solid convex shape that juts out from something
     6: (psychiatry) a defense mechanism by which your own traits
        and emotions are attributed to someone else
     7: the acoustic phenomenon that gives sound a penetrating
        quality; "our ukuleles have been designed to have superior
        sound and projection"; "a prime ingredient of public
        speaking is projection of the voice" [syn: {acoustic
        projection}, {sound projection}]
     8: the representation of a figure or solid on a plane as it
        would look from a particular direction
     9: the act of projecting out from something [syn: {protrusion},
         {jut}, {jutting}]
     10: the act of expelling or projecting or ejecting [syn: {expulsion},
          {ejection}, {forcing out}]
Source: WordNet® 2.0