an optical instrument that projects an enlarged image of individual slides onto a screen or wall
Full name: slide projectoran optical instrument in which a strip of film is wound past a lens at a fixed speed so that the frames can be viewed as a continuously moving sequence on a screen or wall
Full name: film projector, cine projectora device for projecting a light beam a person who devises projects
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pro•jec•tor /prəˈdʒɛktɚ/USA pronunciation
n. [countable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- Cinemaa machine for throwing an image, films, photographs, slides, etc., onto a screen.
pro•jec•tor
(prə jek′tər),USA pronunciation n.
- Cinemaan apparatus for throwing an image on a screen, as a motion-picture projector or magic lantern.
- Opticsa device for projecting a beam of light.
- a person who forms projects or plans;
schemer.
- project + -or2 1590–1600
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'projector' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
animated cartoon
- bioscope
- carbon arc
- carousel
- cinematograph
- fast forward
- field
- film speed
- floodlight
- floodlight projector
- frame
- freeze frame
- gate
- herky-jerky
- idiot board
- jump
- kino
- lantern slide
- leader
- magazine
- magic lantern
- microprojector
- motion picture
- opaque projector
- optical printer
- or
- overhead
- overhead projector
- peep show
- platter
- projection booth
- projection machine
- projection room
- projectionist
- pull-down
- pulse
- reel-to-reel
- screen
- slide
- slide show
- sound head
- sprocket
- sprocket hole
- stereopticon
- take-up reel
- throw
- trailer
- transparency
- zoom lens
- zoopraxiscope