- of or made by projection
- designating or of a type of psychological test, as the Rorschach test, in which any response the subject makes to the test material will be indicative of personality traits and unconscious motivations
- Extending outward; projecting.
- Relating to or made by projection.
- Mathematics Designating a property of a geometric figure that does not vary when the figure undergoes projection.
Formed by the suffixation of prÅiect- (the perfect passive participial stem of the Classical Latin prÅiciÅ, whence the English verb project) with the English -ive; however, compare the post-Classical Latin prÅiectÄ«vus (“relating to purging").