meaning of proj

1. The place from which a thing projects, or starts forth.
2. That which is projected or designed; something intended or devised; a scheme; a design; a plan.
3. An idle scheme; an impracticable design; as, a man given to projects.
4. To throw or cast forward; to shoot forth.
5. To cast forward or revolve in the mind; to contrive; to devise; to scheme; as, to project a plan.
6. To draw or exhibit, as the form of anything; to delineate; as, to project a sphere, a map, an ellipse, and the like; -- sometimes with on, upon, into, etc. ; as, to project a line or point upon a plane. See Projection, 4.
7. To shoot forward; to extend beyond something else; to be prominent; to jut; as, the cornice projects; branches project from the tree.
8. To form a project; to scheme.
9. PROJECT Subsystem of ICES. Sammet 1969, p. 616. project assurance The process of specifying the support system: techniques, internal standards, measurements, tools, and training for a project; counselling the project team in the application of these elements and monitoring the adherence to the standards. Project Athena A distributed system project for support of educational and research computing at MIT. Much of the software developed is now in wider use, especially the X Window System.
10. any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted; "he prepared for great ">undertakings"

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