lampshade vs projection

lampshade

noun
  • A cover over a lamp to either diffuse the light or to block it in certain directions to avoid glare in the eyes. 

verb
  • To wear an oversize top with skintight thigh-high boots and no leggings. 

  • To design or create lampshades. 

  • To intentionally call attention to the improbable, incongruent, or clichéd nature of an element or situation featured in a work of fiction within the work itself. 

  • To adorn with one or more lampshades. 

projection

noun
  • The image that a translucent object casts onto another object. 

  • The action of projecting or throwing or propelling something. 

  • A forecast or prognosis obtained by extrapolation 

  • An idempotent linear transformation which maps vectors from a vector space onto a subspace. 

  • Any of several systems of intersecting lines that allow the curved surface of the earth to be represented on a flat surface. The set of mathematics used to calculate coordinate positions. 

  • The display of an image by devices such as movie projector, video projector, overhead projector or slide projector. 

  • A belief or assumption that others have similar thoughts and experiences to one's own. This includes making accusations that would more fittingly apply to the accuser. 

  • Something which projects, protrudes, juts out, sticks out, or stands out. 

  • An image of an object on a surface of fewer dimensions. 

  • A transformation which extracts a fragment of a mathematical object. 

  • A morphism from a categorical product to one of its (two) components. 

  • The preservation of the properties of lexical items while generating the phrase structure of a sentence. See Projection principle. 

How often have the words lampshade and projection occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )