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Webster 1913 Edition


Projector

Pro-ject′or

,
Noun.
[Cf. F.
projeteur
.]
1.
One who projects a scheme or design; hence, one who forms fanciful or chimerical schemes.
L’Estrange.

Webster 1828 Edition


Projector

PROJECT'OR

,
Noun.
One who forms a scheme or design.
1.
One who forms wild or impracticable schemes.

Definition 2024


projector

projector

English

Alternative forms

Noun

projector (plural projectors)

  1. An optical device that projects a beam of light, especially one used to project an image (or moving images) onto a screen.
  2. (dated) A person who devises or manages projects; a planner.
  3. (psychology) One who projects, or ascribes his/her own feelings to others.
    • 1982, The Gestalt Journal (volume 5, page 44)
      Projectors attempt to get rid of unwanted feelings, only it does not work; they still experience the unwanted feelings []

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Portuguese

Noun

projector m (plural projectores)

  1. Alternative form of projetor