Projec′tile, projecting or throwing forward: impelling or impelled forward: that can be thrust forward.- n. to shoot forward: to jut out: to be prominent.- adj. to throw out or forward: to cast forward in the mind: to contrive or devise: to exhibit (as in a mirror): to draw straight lines from a fixed point through every point of any body or figure, and let these fall upon a surface so as to form the points of a new figure: to exhibit in relief.- v.i. To jut out to shoot forward to shoot beyond something next it.Ĭhambers 20th Century Dictionary (0.00 / 0 votes) Rate this definition: What desire, by which nature projects its own pleasure or preservation, can be gratified by another man’s personal pursuit of his own vice? What sit we then projecting peace and war? It ceases to be counsel, to compel men to assent to whatever tumultuary patrons shall project. To scheme to form in the mind to contrive. If we had a plan of the naked lines of longitude and latitude, projected on the meridian, a learner might much more speedily advance himself in the knowledge of geography. Their valour works like bodies on a glass,Īnd does its image on their men project. They make that warmth in others they expect To exhibit a form, as of the image thrown on a mirrour.ĭiffusive of themselves where e’er they pass, Project long shadows o’er the crystal tide.Īlexander Pope. In the various projects of happiness, devised by human reason, there still appeared inconsistencies not to be reconciled.Įtymology: projicio, projectus, Lat. It is a discovering the longitude, and deserves a much higher name than that of a project. Samuel Johnson's Dictionary (0.00 / 0 votes) Rate this definition: "She threw the flashlight beam into the corner" "The setting sun threw long shadows" "cast a spell" "cast a warm light" "I can't see him on horseback!" "I can see what will happen" "I can see a risk in this strategy" Visualize, visualise, envision, project, fancy, see, figure, picture, image verb "He proposed a new plan for dealing with terrorism" "She proposed a new theory of relativity" Present for consideration, examination, criticism, etc. "They contrived to murder their boss" "design a new sales strategy" "plan an attack" "The images are projected onto the screen" Transfer (ideas or principles) from one domain into another "His sharp nose jutted out" "A single rock sticks out from the cliff" Stick out, protrude, jut out, jut, project verb Princeton's WordNet (5.00 / 2 votes) Rate this definition:Īny piece of work that is undertaken or attempted
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