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# projector

«projector» in Mova's school dictionary: **a machine that shines light through or from a picture or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a projector, projectors)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A projector is a machine that shines light through or from a picture or video so that a large image appears on a screen or wall. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/projector/#m1)

2) In school, a projector is often fixed to the ceiling and connected to a computer or interactive whiteboard. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/projector/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday school life, teachers use projectors to show slides and videos. In science lessons, a projector shows how a lens bends light to make an image bigger. In stories, an old film projector clicking in a dark room sets a mood. Phrases: «turn on the projector», «overhead projector», «film projector».

### examples

- The teacher switched on the projector to show the video. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/projector/#x1)
- The projector bulb blew in the middle of the film. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/projector/#x2)
- We made a shoebox projector with a magnifying glass. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/projector/#x3)
- Old cinemas used huge film projectors. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/projector/#x4)
- Can someone turn the lights off so we can see the projector? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/projector/#x5)
- The projector made the picture as big as the wall. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/projector/#x6)

### note

Countable noun. Stress: «pro-JEK-tor». Related: project (verb: pro-JECT, to shine or throw forward) and project (noun: PRO-ject, a piece of work). Do not confuse with «protector».

### In the corpora

- [An eclipse of the Sun is watched only with special eclipse glasses or a pinhole projector.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/physics/22-lenses-and-eyes/11/)
- [Never look at a solar eclipse with bare eyes or ordinary sunglasses; use proper eclipse glasses or a pinhole projector.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/space/7-phases-eclipses-and-tides/4/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «projector» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/projector/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.