Synonyms

overhead projector

British

noun

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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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

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

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 29, 2023

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

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

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