projector

[ pruh-jek-ter ]

/ prəˈdʒɛk tər /

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noun

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

a device for projecting a beam of light.

a person who forms projects or plans; schemer.

Origin of projector

First recorded in 1590–1600; project + -or²

Words nearby projector

projective, projective geometry, projective property, projective test, project note, projector, projet, prokaryon, prokaryote, prokaryotes, Prokhorov

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Example sentences from the Web for projector

Welles, who once dismissed his masterpiece Citizen Kane as “dollar-book Freud,” was nothing if not a projector.
Go Fuck Yourself|Christopher Bray|July 18, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Fox News is on the projector screen, laptops showing the latest results are on the table, and the chicken wings are getting cold.
North Florida Republicans Stressed Out|Winston Ross|November 7, 2012|DAILY BEAST
The phonograph and the projector are run by two motors of exactly the same size and power, from the same wires.
The Boy's Book of New Inventions|Harry E. Maule
A good place for us to mount the projector—up there in that tall tower.
The White Invaders|Raymond King Cummings

If we could persuade this duty man to turn the projector on them!
Brigands of the Moon|Ray Cummings
Whether the projector committed an error, I leave to the critics.
An History of Birmingham (1783)|William Hutton
Pisistratus, the first projector amongst the Greeks of a collection of the works of the learned, i. 2.
Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 (of 3)|Isaac Disraeli

British Dictionary definitions for projector

projector

/ (prəˈdʒɛktə) /

noun

an optical instrument that projects an enlarged image of individual slides onto a screen or wallFull name: slide 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 wallFull name: film projector, cine projector

a device for projecting a light beam

a person who devises projects

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单词	projector
释义	projector [ pruh-jek-ter ] / prəˈdʒɛk tər / SEE SYNONYMS FOR projector ON THESAURUS.COM noun an apparatus for throwing an image on a screen, as a motion-picture projector or magic lantern. a device for projecting a beam of light. a person who forms projects or plans; schemer. Origin of projector First recorded in 1590–1600; project + -or² Words nearby projector projective, projective geometry, projective property, projective test, project note, projector, projet, prokaryon, prokaryote, prokaryotes, Prokhorov Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for projector Welles, who once dismissed his masterpiece Citizen Kane as “dollar-book Freud,” was nothing if not a projector. Go Fuck Yourself\|Christopher Bray\|July 18, 2013\|DAILY BEAST Fox News is on the projector screen, laptops showing the latest results are on the table, and the chicken wings are getting cold. North Florida Republicans Stressed Out\|Winston Ross\|November 7, 2012\|DAILY BEAST The phonograph and the projector are run by two motors of exactly the same size and power, from the same wires. The Boy's Book of New Inventions\|Harry E. Maule A good place for us to mount the projector—up there in that tall tower. The White Invaders\|Raymond King Cummings If we could persuade this duty man to turn the projector on them! Brigands of the Moon\|Ray Cummings Whether the projector committed an error, I leave to the critics. An History of Birmingham (1783)\|William Hutton Pisistratus, the first projector amongst the Greeks of a collection of the works of the learned, i. 2. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 (of 3)\|Isaac Disraeli British Dictionary definitions for projector projector / (prəˈdʒɛktə) / noun an optical instrument that projects an enlarged image of individual slides onto a screen or wallFull name: slide 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 wallFull name: film projector, cine projector a device for projecting a light beam a person who devises projects 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 Words related to projector overhead projector, stereopticon
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projector

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