projector
UK/pɹəˈd͡ʒɛktə//pɹəˈd͡ʒɛktɚ/
projector noun: someone who devises or suggests a project; a proposer or planner of something.
Noun
projector (plural projectors)
- Someone who devises or suggests a project; a proposer or planner of something.
- So far is it from the kenne of theſe wretched projectors of ours that beſcraull their Pamflets every day with new formes of government for our Church.1642 (indicated as 1641), John Milton, “That Church-governement is Prescrib’d in the Gospell, and that to Say Otherwise is Unsound”, in The Reason of Church-governement Urg’d against Prelaty […]...
- [A]s the Doctor neither did this, nor yet sent him an answer, the projector wrote a second letter […].1791, Thomas Paine, Rights of Man
- An optical device that projects a beam of light, especially one used to project an image (or moving images) onto a screen.
- That which projects or launches something.
- a depth charge projector
- One who projects, or ascribes his/her own feelings to others.
- Projectors attempt to get rid of unwanted feelings, only it does not work; they still experience the unwanted feelings […]1982, The Gestalt Journal, volume 5, page 44
- An operator that forms a projection.
projector meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
projector in Hindi
- optical device
- प्रक्षेपित्र prakṣepitra
projector in Tamil
- வீழ்த்தி, வீழ்ப்பி, வீச்சி, ஒளி எறிவு படக் காட்டமைவு, ஒளிப்படக்காட்டி, எறியி
projector in Marathi
- प्रोजेक्टर, प्रकल्पक
projector in Urdu
- پروجیکٹر, پروجکٹر
More languagesFewer languages
- projector in Bengali
- প্রক্ষেপক prokkhepok
- projector in Telugu
- ప్రొజెక్టర్, ప్రొజెక్టరు
- projector in Malayalam
- പ്രക്ഷേപിണി
- projector in Kannada
- ತೋರ್ಪುಗೆ, ಪ್ರಕ್ಷೇಪಕ
- projector in Punjabi
- ਪ੍ਰੋਜੈਕਟਰ
- projector in Gujarati
- પ્રોજેક્ટર, પ્રક્ષેપક
- projector in Odia
- ପ୍ରୋଜେକ୍ଟର, ପ୍ରଜେକ୍ଟର, ପ୍ରୋଜେକ୍ଟର୍
- projector in Nepali
- प्रोजेक्टर
- projector in Arabic
- جِهَاز إِسْقَاط jihāz ʔisqāṭ
- projector in Indonesian
- proyektor
- projector in Thai
- โปรเจ็กเตอร์ bproo-jèk-dtə̂ə
- projector in Vietnamese
- máy chiếu
Examples of projector in a sentence
- A film projector shows many frames in a single second.
- Though I've always appreciated my bed's built-in Bluetooth pillow speaker, adding a ceiling projector really seems like featuritis to me.
- A projector flashed images of the Chinese countryside and women dancing in embroidered, silk costumes.
Forms of projector
| plural | projectors |
|---|---|
| alternative form | projectour |
Origin of projector
Partly from Latin projector (“person who throws away”); partly directly from project + -or.
Words formed from projector
Phrases with projector
Words that rhyme with projector
Questions about projector
- What does projector mean?
- Projector means someone who devises or suggests a project; a proposer or planner of something.
- What is projector in Hindi?
- Projector in Hindi is प्रक्षेपित्र (prakṣepitra). See Projector meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is projector?
- Projector is a noun.
- How do you pronounce projector?
- Projector is pronounced /pɹəˈd͡ʒɛktə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of projector?
- The plural of projector is projectors.
Words near projector in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: projector (page history and authors); projector (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); projector (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); projector (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); projector (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); projector (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); projector (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); projector (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); projector (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); projector (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); projector (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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