projecting

1. 1
   adjective

   Extending outward from a surface so as to stand out beyond the surrounding parts.

   Like a nail left half-hammered, standing proud of the board.

   The carved figures sat on a projecting cornice high above the street.

   Workers padded every projecting bolt so no one would scrape against it.

   Similarprominent, salient

   Oppositerecessed, flush, sunken

2. 2
   verb

   Present participle of project.

   The architect is projecting the building's outline onto a scale model.

   He kept projecting his voice across the noisy hall.

   Note

   One -ing form with many jobs, because the verb behind it runs both ways. Used intransitively, a ledge is projecting from a wall. Used transitively, someone is projecting an image, a forecast, or a confident impression of themselves. Placed before a noun with no object, as in a projecting nail, it has become the adjective for sticking out. After the and before of, as in the projecting of an image, it is the noun for the act.

3. 3
   noununcountable

   The action by which something is thrown, cast, or sent outward from its source.

   The projecting of the image required a lamp powerful enough to fill the wall.

   Accurate projecting of the figures helped the team plan the coming year.

   Similarprojection, casting, forecasting

   Note

   A noun that can be counted. Michael F. Wagner's The Enigmatic Reality of Time (2008) speaks of a movie projector's projectings: the separate acts of casting images onto a screen, which he treats as analogs of Soul's generative activity. With the and of, it names the act in general rather than its instances, as in the projecting of an image. The plural belongs to the counted use.

4. 4
   adjective

   Presenting an outward appearance that avoids a direct connection or disguises or exaggerates the true nature underneath.

   Like a storefront that looks grand while the shelves behind it stand empty.

   The projecting cheerfulness of the host masked his complete exhaustion.

   A projecting air of authority disguised the new manager's deep uncertainty.

   Similaraffected, assumed, feigned, outward

   Oppositegenuine, sincere, authentic, real

   Note

   Psychology's adjective for a front rather than a feeling: the display carries the weight, and what lies behind it stays out of view. It usually qualifies a noun of manner or mood, as in a projecting cheerfulness or a projecting air of confidence. Keep it apart from the projection of the verb form, where a person assigns their own traits to someone else. Here nothing is handed over; a surface is shown.

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