Projection vs Conjecture - What's the difference?
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Something which projects, protrudes, juts out, sticks out, or stands out.
The action of projecting]] or throwing or [[propel, propelling something.
The display of an image by devices such as movie projector, video projector, overhead projector or slide projector.
A forecast or prognosis obtained by extrapolation
(psychology) A belief or assumption that others have similar thoughts and experiences as oneself
(photography) The image that a translucent object casts onto another object.
(cartography) Any of several systems of intersecting lines that allow the curved surface of the earth to be represented on a flat surface. The set of mathematics used to calculate coordinate positions.
(geometry) An image of an object on a surface of fewer dimensions.
(linear algebra) An idempotent linear transformation which maps vectors from a vector space onto a subspace.
(mathematics) A transformation which extracts a fragment of a mathematical object.
(category theory) A morphism from a categorical product to one of its (two) components.
(formal) A statement or an idea which is unproven, but is thought to be true; a .
(formal) A supposition based upon incomplete evidence; a hypothesis.
(mathematics, philology) A statement likely to be true based on available evidence, but which has not been formally (l).
(obsolete) of signs and omens.
(formal) To ; to venture an unproven idea.
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As nouns the difference between projection and conjecture
is that projection is something which projects, protrudes, juts out, sticks out, or stands out while conjecture is a statement or an idea which is unproven, but is thought to be true; a guess.As a verb conjecture is
to guess; to venture an unproven idea.projection
English
Noun
(en noun)- The face of the cliff had many projections which are big enough for birds to nest on.
Synonyms
* (something which sticks out) protuberanceDerived terms
* * astral projection * axonometric projection * dimetric projection * graphical projection * oblique projection * orthographic projection * parallel projection * perspective projection * projective * isometric projection * trimetric projectionExternal links
* ("projection" on Wikipedia)conjecture
English
Noun
- I explained it, but it is pure conjecture whether he understood, or not.
- The physicist used his conjecture about subatomic particles to design an experiment.
Synonyms
* * See alsoVerb
(conjectur)- I do not know if it is true; I am simply conjecturing here.
- Human reason can then, at the best, but conjecture what will be.