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projector

Optical device that projects an image or moving images onto a surface

EntityQ311666

Also known as image projector

Subclass of: optical instrument
, camera and optics product
, light source

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A projector or image projector is an optical device that projects an image onto a surface, commonly a projection screen. Most projectors create an image by shining a light through a small transparent lens, but some newer types of projectors can project the image directly, by using lasers. A virtual retinal display, or retinal projector, is a projector that projects an image directly on the retina instead of using an external projection screen.

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Product or material produced: projection
Has use: projection
Different from: Q11827640

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