projectors

Noun

projector (plural projectors)

1. 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 […]...
2. An optical device that projects a beam of light, especially one used to project an image (or moving images) onto a screen.
3. That which projects or launches something.
   • a depth charge projector
4. 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
5. An operator that forms a projection.