"overhead projector" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: overhead projectors [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} overhead projector (plural overhead projectors)
  1. A projector that projects an image over the heads of the viewers onto a screen in front of them. Synonyms: OHP Related terms: document camera, film projector, slide projector Translations (projector that projects an image over the heads of the viewers onto a screen): 高影機 (Chinese Cantonese), 高影机 (gou¹ jing² gei¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 幻燈機 (Chinese Mandarin), 幻灯机 (huàndēngjī) (Chinese Mandarin), overheadprojektor (Danish), overheadprojector [masculine] (Dutch), piirtoheitin (Finnish), rétroprojecteur [masculine] (French), Tageslichtprojektor [masculine] (German), Overheadprojektor [masculine] (German), Polylux [masculine] (German), írásvetítő (Hungarian), osteilgeoir [masculine] (Irish), オーバーヘッドプロジェクタ (ōbāheddo purojekuta) (Japanese), 오버헤드 프로젝터 (obeohedeu peurojekteo) (Korean), projecteux d'transpathenches [masculine] (Norman), overheadprosjektør [masculine] (Norwegian), grafoskop [masculine] (Polish), epidiaskop [masculine] (Polish), rzutnik [masculine] (Polish), retroprojetor [masculine] (Portuguese), диаскопи́ческий прое́ктор (diaskopíčeskij proéktor) [masculine] (Russian), диапрое́ктор (diaproéktor) [masculine] (Russian), проекцио́нный аппара́т (proekciónnyj apparát) [masculine] (Russian), прое́ктор (proéktor) [masculine] (Russian), grafoskop [masculine] (Slovene), retroproyector [masculine] (Spanish), overheadprojektor [common-gender] (Swedish), OH-projektor [common-gender] (Swedish), เครื่องฉายภาพข้ามศีรษะ (krêuang chăai pâap kâam sĕesà) (Thai), máy chiếu hắt (Vietnamese)

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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "diaproéktor",
      "sense": "projector that projects an image over the heads of the viewers onto a screen",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "диапрое́ктор"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "proekciónnyj apparát",
      "sense": "projector that projects an image over the heads of the viewers onto a screen",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "проекцио́нный аппара́т"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "proéktor",
      "sense": "projector that projects an image over the heads of the viewers onto a screen",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "прое́ктор"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "projector that projects an image over the heads of the viewers onto a screen",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "grafoskop"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "projector that projects an image over the heads of the viewers onto a screen",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "retroproyector"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "projector that projects an image over the heads of the viewers onto a screen",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "overheadprojektor"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "projector that projects an image over the heads of the viewers onto a screen",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "OH-projektor"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "krêuang chăai pâap kâam sĕesà",
      "sense": "projector that projects an image over the heads of the viewers onto a screen",
      "word": "เครื่องฉายภาพข้ามศีรษะ"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "projector that projects an image over the heads of the viewers onto a screen",
      "word": "máy chiếu hắt"
    }
  ],
  "word": "overhead projector"
}

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