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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Example Sentences

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 questioning is polite yet aggressive, surprising witnesses with its precision and often accompanied by evidence – including text messages and emails – displayed on a large old-fashioned overhead projector.

From Seattle Times • May 13, 2018

The questioning is polite yet aggressive, surprising witnesses with its precision and often accompanied by evidence — including text messages and emails — displayed on a large, old-fashioned overhead projector.

From Washington Post • May 13, 2018

An overhead projector beamed a movie onto dummy number two, turning it into a perky woman who looked like a flight attendant.

From "Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library" by Chris Grabenstein