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projective

projective adjective: projecting outward.

Adjective

projective (comparative more projective, superlative most projective)

  1. projecting outward
  2. of, relating to, or caused by a projection
    Synonyms:
    projectory
  3. (usually, now usually in set phrases, figure) Invariant under projective transformations.
    • Hence the non-Euclidean angle is measured by one-half the logarithm of the cross-ratio of four rays. Although the Euclidean point of view has been adopted for simplicity, the final result, depending as it does only on the cross-ratio, is projective; it is therefore independent of the particular...1912 November, Edwin B. Wilson, Gillbert B. Lewis, “The Space-Time Manifold of Relativity. The Non-Euclidean Geometry of Mechanics and Electromagnetics”, in Proceedings of the American Academy of...
  4. (usually, figure) Defined in or inhabiting a projective space.
  5. (module theory) Such that there is another (left) R-module N with M⊕N a free R-module. Equivalently, projective in the category of modules (see below).
  6. (most generally) Such that, given an epimorphism e:E→X and morphism f:P→X, f factors through e; that is, there exists a morphism ̃f:P→E with e∘̃f=f.
  7. Such that every epimorphism from a profinite group onto G has a right inverse which is a homomorphism.
  8. (homological algebra) Such that every object in the resolution is projective.

Noun

projective (plural projectives)

  1. An assessment test that presents subjects with some sort of stimulus to which they react by projecting or imagining details.
    • The projectives suggested considerable difficulty with women and a conflict between sexual preoccupation and hostility.1984, Lawrence A. Pervin, Personality: Theory and Research, →ISBN, page 322
    • For example, using projectives as a psychometric technique allows one to compare a person's score with those from a normative group, or with those from some relevant clinic group, or with some other clinically important criterion (e.g., response to treatment).2009, Paul J. Frick, Christopher T. Barry, Randy W. Kamphaus, Clinical Assessment of Child and Adolescent Personality and Behavior, →ISBN
  2. A projective member of a category.
    • By 2.2 we see that this is a full, contravariant imbedding, and by 2.3 the image of A in (A, G) is a generating set of small projectives.1965, Theory of Categories, →ISBN, page 109
    • In particular our assumptions hold if B is an abelian category with enough projectives.1999, Maurice Auslander, Idun Reiten, Sverre O. Smalø, Selected Works of Maurice Auslander - Part 1, →ISBN, page 490
  3. A statement about a conditional or potential state of affairs, as opposed to one about a situation that actually exists or existed.
    • There was no basis for expecting differences in the frequency of projectives or turnabouts as a function of partner.1995, Keith E. Nelson, Zita Reger, Children's Language - Volume 8, →ISBN
    • The volitive moods (also called volitives, volitional forms, modals, or projectives) are the imperative, jussive, and cohortative.2007, Ronald James Williams, John C. Beckman, Williams' Hebrew Syntax, →ISBN, page 78

projective meaning in Tamil

projective in Tamil

வீழ்ப்பு வழி

Examples of projective in a sentence

  • The unimpressive evidence for validity and operational problems related to projectives led Reilly and Chao to a pessimistic conclusion regarding projectives.2012, Linda C. Wing, Bernard R. Gifford, Policy Issues in Employment Testing, →ISBN, page 174:
  • The idea behind “cheating with projectives” in a pre-Abelian category with a separating class of projectives is this: Make the arrows do the work that elements do in concrete categories.2012, M. Scott Osborne, Basic Homological Algebra, →ISBN, page 187:
  • This implies they contain more information than projectives.2012, Jean Curthoys, Victor Dudman, Victor Dudman's Grammar and Semantics, →ISBN, page 74:

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Forms of projective

Adjective
comparativemore projective
superlativemost projective
Noun
pluralprojectives

Origin of projective

Formed by the suffixation of prōiect- (the perfect passive participial stem of the Classical Latin prōiciō, whence the English verb project) with the English -ive, forming project + -ive; however, compare the post-Classical Latin prōiectīvus (“relating to purging”).

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Questions about projective

What does projective mean?
Projective means projecting outward.
What is projective in Tamil?
Projective in Tamil is வீழ்ப்பு வழி. See Projective meaning in Tamil.
How do you use projective in a sentence?
The unimpressive evidence for validity and operational problems related to projectives led Reilly and Chao to a pessimistic conclusion regarding projectives.
What part of speech is projective?
Projective can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near projective in the dictionary

  1. projectisation
  2. projectise
  3. projectised
  4. projectises
  5. projectising
  6. projective
  7. projective frame
  8. projective frames
  9. projective geometry
  10. projective Hilbert space
  11. projective Hilbert spaces

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