Noun

(en noun)

Something which projects, protrudes, juts out, sticks out, or stands out.

The face of the cliff had many projections which are big enough for birds to nest on.

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.

Noun

(uncountable) The act of offering (an idea) for consideration.

(countable) An idea or a plan offered.

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(countable, business settings) The terms of a transaction offered.

(countable, US, politics) In some states, a proposed statute or constitutional amendment to be voted on by the electorate.

(countable, logic) The content of an assertion that may be taken as being true or false and is considered abstractly without reference to the linguistic sentence that constitutes the assertion.

(countable, mathematics) An assertion so formulated that it can be considered true or false.

(countable, mathematics) An assertion which is provably true, but not important enough to be called a theorem.

A statement of religious doctrine; an article of faith; creed.

the propositions of Wyclif and Huss

* Jeremy Taylor

Some persons change their propositions according as their temporal necessities or advantages do turn.

(poetry) The part of a poem in which the author states the subject or matter of it.