ALL meanings of map projection
map pro·jec·tion
M m - noun map projection a projecting or protruding part. Synonyms: overhang, protrusion, jut. 1
- noun map projection the state or fact of jutting out or protruding. 1
- noun map projection a causing to jut or protrude. 1
- noun map projection the act, process, or result of projecting. 1
- noun map projection Also called map projection. Cartography. a systematic construction of lines drawn on a plane surface representative of and corresponding to the meridians and parallels of the curved surface of the earth or celestial sphere. 1
- noun map projection Photography. the act of reproducing on a surface, by optical means, a remote image on a film, slide, etc. an image so reproduced. 1
- noun map projection the act of visualizing and regarding an idea or the like as an objective reality. 1
- noun map projection something that is so visualized and regarded. 1
- noun map projection calculation of some future thing: They fell short of their projection for the rate of growth. Synonyms: prediction, forecast, extrapolation. 1
- noun map projection the act of communicating distinctly and forcefully to an audience. 1
- noun map projection Psychology. the tendency to ascribe to another person feelings, thoughts, or attitudes present in oneself, or to regard external reality as embodying such feelings, thoughts, etc., in some way. Psychoanalysis. such an ascription relieving the ego of a sense of guilt or other intolerable feeling. 1
- noun map projection the act of planning or scheming. 1
- noun map projection Alchemy. the casting of the powder of philosophers' stone upon metal in fusion, to transmute it into gold or silver. 1
- noun map projection a means of representing or a representation of the globe or celestial sphere or part of it on a flat map, using a grid of lines of latitude and longitude 0