view

[vu]

planar view a two-dimensional view of a process or function.

pro·jec·tion

(prō-jek'shŭn),

1. A pushing out; an outgrowth or protuberance.

2. The referring of a sensation to the object producing it.

3. A defense mechanism by which a repressed complex in the person is denied and conceived as belonging to someone else, as when faults that the person tends to commit are perceived in or attributed to others.

4. The conception by the consciousness of a mental occurrence belonging to the self as of external origin.

5. Localization of visual impressions in space.

6. neuroanatomy the system or systems of nerve fibers (projection fibers [TA]) by which a group of nerve cells discharges its nerve impulses ("projects") to one or more other cell groups.

7. The image of a three-dimensional object on a plane, as in a radiograph.

8. radiography standardized views of parts of the body, described by body part position, the direction of the x-ray beam through the body part, or by eponym.

Synonym(s): norma (3) , salient (1) , view

[L. projectio; fr. pro- jicio, pp. -jectus, to throw before]

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view

noun Imaging The direction from which a radiologic image is obtained. See Jughandle view, Swimmer's view.

view

(vyū)

radiography A standard diagnostic x-ray study, named according to the image as it appears on film or other receptor.

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References in classic literature

James's view is that the raw material out of which the world is built up is not of two sorts, one matter and the other mind, but that it is arranged in different patterns by its inter-relations, and that some arrangements may be called mental, while others may be called physical.

The same view of "consciousness" is set forth in the succeeding essay, "A World of Pure Experience" (ib., pp.

I should admit this view as regards sensations: what is heard or seen belongs equally to psychology and to physics.

The view of the "behaviourists" is that nothing can be known except by external observation.

Before considering modern theories, let us look first at consciousness from the standpoint of conventional psychology, since this embodies views which naturally occur when we begin to reflect upon the subject.

View in context

As the man disappeared from his view, Tarzan dropped to the ground and commenced gathering up the spilled contents of the pouch, and the moment that he obtained his first near view of the scattered pebbles he understood the rage of the Arab, for instead of the glittering and scintillating gems which had first caught and held the attention of the ape-man, the pouch now contained but a collection of ordinary river pebbles.

View in context

From the edges of the plain there are distant views either of the ocean, or of the great Bay with its low-wooded shores, and on which numerous boats and canoes show their white sails.

It is when the sun has attained its greatest height, that such scenes should be viewed: then the dense splendid foliage of the mango hides the ground with its darkest shade, whilst the upper branches are rendered from the profusion of light of the most brilliant green.

View in context

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Default overhead view. (Screenshot from Google Maps)

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