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overhead projector

British  

noun

  1. a projector that throws an enlarged image of a transparency onto a surface above and behind the person using it. Alterations and additions can be made to the material on the transparency while the projector is in use

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Each section fills out the fuller picture as though Cregger is layering transparencies on top of an overhead projector.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 7, 2025

A stranger in a lab coat lectured at us using an overhead projector.

From Salon • Sep. 5, 2021

The 2014 fire started below the library, when an overhead projector ignited solvent in a student’s artwork, and destroyed much of the interior’s western half.

From New York Times • Jun. 16, 2018

Meanwhile, other actors posted notes on a board upstage and quickly flipped through images on an overhead projector to illustrate the text.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 18, 2017

He pointed toward the spot where the overhead projector had once stood.

From "The World According to Humphrey" by Betty G. Birney

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