expulsion
projection
ejection forcing out | the act of expelling or projecting or ejecting |
protrusion
projection jut
jutting | the act of projecting out from something |
laser-assisted subepithelial keratomileusis
LASEK | a refractive surgery procedure that reshapes the cornea |
| laser trabecular surgery | eye surgery that makes many tiny laser burns in an area that will increase the drainage of aqueous humor |
laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis
LASIK | a refractive surgery procedure that reshapes the cornea |
conformal projection
orthomorphic projection | a map projection in which a small area is rendered in its true shape |
conic projection
conical projection | a map projection of the globe onto a cone with its point over one of the earth's poles |
| dome | a hemispherical roof |
dome domed stadium
covered stadium | a stadium that has a roof |
equal-area projection
equal-area map projection | a map projection in which quadrilaterals formed by meridians and parallels have an area on the map proportional to their area on the globe |
| geodesic dome | a lightweight dome constructed of interlocking polygons, invented by R. Buckminster Fuller |
| homolosine projection | an equal-area projection map of the globe, oceans are distorted in order to minimize the distortion of the continents |
laser
optical maser | an acronym for light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation, an optical device that produces an intense monochromatic beam of coherent light |
laser-guided bomb
LGB | a smart bomb that seeks the laser light reflected off of the target and uses it to correct its descent, laser-guided bombs cannot be used in cloudy weather |
| laser printer | electrostatic printer that focuses a laser beam to form images that are transferred to paper electrostatically |
| map projection | a projection of the globe onto a flat map using a grid of lines of latitude and longitude |
Mercator projection
Mercator's projection | a map projection of the earth onto a cylinder, areas appear greater the farther they are from the equator |
| observation dome | lookout consisting of a dome-shaped observatory |
| onion dome | a dome that is shaped like a bulb, characteristic of Russian and Byzantine church architecture |
| polyconic projection | a conic projection of a map having distances between meridians equal to those distances on a globe |
| pressure dome | a dome-shaped building that is pressurized |
| projection | any structure that branches out from a central support |
| projection | the representation of a figure or solid on a plane as it would look from a particular direction |
radome
radar dome | a housing for a radar antenna, transparent to radio waves |
screen silver screen
projection screen | a white or silvered surface where pictures can be projected for viewing |
sinusoidal projection
Sanson-Flamsteed projection | an equal-area map projection showing parallels and the equator as straight lines and other meridians as curved, used to map tropical latitudes |
whispering gallery
whispering dome | a space beneath a dome or arch in which sounds produced at certain points are clearly audible at certain distant points |
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noodle
noggin
dome | informal terms for a human head |
| projection | a prediction made by extrapolating from past observations |
project
projection | a planned undertaking |
| projection | the projection of an image from a film onto a screen |
Teapot Dome
Teapot Dome scandal | a government scandal involving a former United States Navy oil reserve in Wyoming that was secretly leased to a private oil company in , became symbolic of the scandals of the Harding administration |
| laser beam | a beam of light generated by a laser |
projection
acoustic projection
sound projection | the acoustic phenomenon that gives sound a penetrating quality, our ukuleles have been designed to have superior sound and projection, a prime ingredient of public speaking is projection of the voice |
| projection | (psychiatry) a defense mechanism by which your own traits and emotions are attributed to someone else |
| dome | a concave shape whose distinguishing characteristic is that the concavity faces downward |
| projection | any solid convex shape that juts out from something |
| dome-shaped | having the shape of a dome |