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Another word for projection

projection Synonyms

projection

n.

Bulge
prominence, jut, protuberance, step, ridge, rim; see also bulge.
Forecast
prognostication, prediction, guess; see forecast.

projection implies a jutting out abruptly beyond the rest of the surface the projection of the eaves beyond the sides of a house; protrusion suggests a thrusting or pushing out that is of an abnormal or disfiguring nature protrusion of the eyeballs; protuberance suggests a swelling out, usually in rounded form the tumor on his arm formed a protuberance; bulge suggests an outward swelling of a kind that may result from internal pressure the bulge in the can resulted from the fermentation of its contents

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Another word for projection

noun

A part that protrudes or extends outward:
bulge, jut, knob, knot, overhang, protrusion, protuberance. See convex
The act of predicting:
forecast, outlook, prediction, prognosis, prognostication. See foresight

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Centre of the church and projection of the dome.
The earliest of these, a trapeziform projection with equidistant parallels, by D.
Thus God is nothing else than man: he is, so to speak, the outward projection of man's inward nature.
The hind-foot is remarkable for the great backward projection of the calcaneum, and likewise for the peculiar shape of the astragalus; the middle toe alone carries a claw, this being of huge size, and ensheathed like those of the fore foot.
The sea does not appear to have extended completely across Australia, breaking it into halves, for a projection from the Archean plateau of Western Australia extended as far east as the South Australian highlands, and thence probably continued eastward, till it joined the Victorian highlands.

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