projective

Meanings

Adjective

• projecting outward
• of, relating to, or caused by a projection
• describing those properties of a figure that are invariant upon projection

Noun

• An assessment test that presents subjects with some sort of stimulus to which they react by projecting or imagining details.
• A projective member of a category.
• A statement about a conditional or potential state of affairs, as opposed to one about a situation that actually exists or existed.

Origin

• Formed by the suffixation of prōiect- (the perfect passive participial stem of the Classical Latin prōiciō, whence the English verb project) with the English -ive; however, compare the post-Classical Latin prōiectīvus.