overhead projector
noun
: a projector for projecting onto a vertical screen magnified images of graphic material on a horizontal transparency illuminated from below
called also overhead
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In their laboratory, Mederos and her team used an overhead projector to simulate the shadow of a raptor.
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Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 20 Mar. 2025
At age 90, the University of Chicago emeritus professor stood demurely before an audience of local teachers, plumbers, children and housewives explaining complex diagrams and math equations on an overhead projector.
—Donna Vickroy, Chicago Tribune, 24 Jan. 2025
Dennis Austin, the software developer of PowerPoint, dies at 76
PowerPoint was the overhead projector’s digital successor.
—Will Oremus, Washington Post, 10 Sep. 2021
The accompanying lyric video features the band placing the lyrics on an overhead projector in time with the music.
—Grace Ann Natanawan, SPIN, 5 Apr. 2022
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Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 20 Mar. 2025
At age 90, the University of Chicago emeritus professor stood demurely before an audience of local teachers, plumbers, children and housewives explaining complex diagrams and math equations on an overhead projector.
—Donna Vickroy, Chicago Tribune, 24 Jan. 2025
Dennis Austin, the software developer of PowerPoint, dies at 76
PowerPoint was the overhead projector’s digital successor.
—Will Oremus, Washington Post, 10 Sep. 2021
The accompanying lyric video features the band placing the lyrics on an overhead projector in time with the music.
—Grace Ann Natanawan, SPIN, 5 Apr. 2022
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“Overhead projector.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/overhead%20projector. Accessed 13 Jul. 2025.
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