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adj
projecting outward
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: outstanding, projecting, prominent, bulging, exserted, extuberant, jutting, obtrusive, projectory, promontorial, protruding, protuberant, protuberous, salient
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adj
of, relating to, or caused by a projection
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Synonyms: projectory
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adj
Of or related to projective geometry:
Invariant under projective transformations.
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Usage: usually
Qualifier: now usually in set phrases; figure; now usually in set phrases; figure
Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences
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adj
Of or related to projective geometry:
Defined in or inhabiting a projective space.
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Usage: usually
Qualifier: figure
Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences
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adj
In a technical sense, general (but not necessarily so general as to be free); involving such objects:
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).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: module theory
Topics: algebra, mathematics, sciences
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adj
In a technical sense, general (but not necessarily so general as to be free); involving such objects:
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.
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Qualifier: most generally
Topics: algebra, category-theory, computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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adj
In a technical sense, general (but not necessarily so general as to be free); involving such objects:
Such that every epimorphism from a profinite group onto G has a right inverse which is a homomorphism.
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Topics: algebra, group-theory, mathematics, sciences
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adj
In a technical sense, general (but not necessarily so general as to be free); involving such objects:
Such that every object in the resolution is projective.
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Qualifier: homological algebra
Topics: algebra, mathematics, sciences
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noun
An assessment test that presents subjects with some sort of stimulus to which they react by projecting or imagining details.
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Topics: human-sciences, psychology, sciences
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noun
A projective member of a category.
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Topics: mathematics, sciences
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noun
A statement about a conditional or potential state of affairs, as opposed to one about a situation that actually exists or existed.
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Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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History
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”).
