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The large process at the proximal end of the ulna which projects behind the articulation with the humerus and forms the bony prominence of the elbow.

The anterior element of the sternum which projects forward from between the clavicles in many batrachians and is usually tipped with cartilage.

A semicircular projection made at the shoulder of a bastion for the purpose of covering the retired flank, -- found in old fortresses.

angled; rectangular; as, an orthogonal intersection of one curve with another. Orthogonal projection. See under Orthographic.

An orthographic projection, sometimes partly in section, esp. of a building.

Of or pertaining to right lines or angles. Orthographic or Orthogonal, projection, that projection which is made by drawing lines, from every point to be projected, perpendicular to the plane of projection. Such a projection of the sphere represents its circles as seen in perspective by an eye supposed to be placed at…

according to orthographic projection.

A drawing in correct projection, especially an elevation or a vertical section.

Having the right form. Orthomorphic projection, a projection in which the angles in the figure to be projected are equal to the corresponding angles in the projected figure.

A place or space outside of something; a nook or corner; an angle projecting outward; an open space; -- chiefly used in the phrase ins and outs; as, the ins and outs of a question. See under In.

That which jets out or projects from anything. [R.] H. Miller.

Any spar or projecting timber run out for temporary use, as from a ship's mast, to hold a rope or a sail extended, or from a building, to support hoisting teckle.

To stand out, or project, from a surface or mass; hence, to remain standing out.

To hang over like a brow; to impend over. [Poetic] Longfellow. Did with a huge projection overbrow Large space beneath. Wordsworth.

Applied over the glaze; -- said of enamel paintings, which sometimes are seen to project from the surface of the ware. (b) Suitable for applying upon the glaze; -- said of vitrifiable colors used in ceramic decoration.

To hang over; to jut or project over. Pope.

To project or impend over threateningly. His louering brows o'erwhelming his fair sight. Shak.

t long, four feet wide, and four feet high, borne on the shoulders of men by means of two projecting poles, -- used in India, China, etc., for the conveyance of a single person from place to place. [Written also palankeen.]

A projection in the throat of such flowers as the snapdragon.

The handle of a pan; hence, fig., any arm or projection suggestive of the handle of a pan; as, the panhandle of West Virginia, Texas, or Idaho.