Projective
Origin
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").
Full definition of projective
Adjective
projective
- projecting outward
- of, relating to, or caused by a projection
- (mathematics) describing those properties of a figure that are invariant upon projection