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

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overhead projector

But that didn’t stop voters from embracing it, giving the show 19 nominations, including one for Dickey’s turn as the gruff town hall worker who is the Spielberg of overhead projector presentations.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026

The war cabinet room has an overhead projector and four television sets.

From New York Times ● Jan. 25, 2023

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

From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2021

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

I tried to appear attentive as Mr. Banner illustrated, with transparencies on the overhead projector, what I had seen without difficulty through the microscope.

From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer