projector

[pruh-jek-ter]

noun

1. an apparatus for throwing an image on a screen, as a motion-picture projector or magic lantern.

2. a device for projecting a beam of light.

3. a person who forms projects or plans.

4. Archaic.,  a person who devises underhanded or unsound plans; schemer.

projector

/ prəˈdʒɛktə /

noun

1. Full name: slide projector. an optical instrument that projects an enlarged image of individual slides onto a screen or wall

2. Full name: film projector.  cine projector. an optical instrument in which a strip of film is wound past a lens at a fixed speed so that the frames can be viewed as a continuously moving sequence on a screen or wall

3. a device for projecting a light beam

4. a person who devises projects

Word History and Origins

Origin of projector¹

First recorded in 1590–1600; project + -or ²

Example Sentences

In one instance, Doe alleges Rodriguez texted her a message, telling her, “I need to get in some quality time watching you bend over to reach the projector.”

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“I have a projector and have hosted movie nights,” Piña says.

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Urgency is added to the words delivered by beloved actors who loom larger than life in flickering projector light.

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A Times journalist was the only member of the public allowed to view the hearing on a projector screen in a room inside the agency’s headquarters outside of Sacramento.

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

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