Projection
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Projection can be any of:
- The display of an image by devices such as:
- Map projection, reduces our three-dimensional planet to a flat map (Geography)
- Graphical projection, the production of a two-dimensional image of a higher-dimensional object
- Orthographic projection, including:
- Plan, or floor plan view
- Elevation, usually a 'head-on' view of an exterior
- Section, a cutaway view of the interior
- Axonometric projection, including:
- Oblique projection, and
- Perspective projection
- Orthographic projection, including:
- In chemistry, any one of:
- Projection (mathematics), any of several different types of functions, mappings, operations, or transformations
- 3D projection
- Projection (relational algebra)
- Projection (linear algebra)
- Vector projection
- Projective redirects here. Projective geometry is a non-Euclidean geometry that involves projective spaces. In another direction, projective modules and projective objects generalize free modules
- Projections (Voyager episode), an episode of the television series Star Trek: Voyager
- Power projection, the capacity of a state to implement policy by means of force, or the threat thereof, in an area distant from its own territory
- Psychological projection, or "Freudian projection", a defense mechanism in which one attributes to others, one’s own unacceptable or unwanted thoughts or emotions
- a forecasting of future developments based on current statistics and trends