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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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.
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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
The cryptocurrency company spent its 60 seconds – and estimated $13 million – on a QR bouncing from corner to corner of your TV screen (think of a screensaver on an overhead projector during a stultifying presentation).
—Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 13 Feb. 2022
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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
The cryptocurrency company spent its 60 seconds – and estimated $13 million – on a QR bouncing from corner to corner of your TV screen (think of a screensaver on an overhead projector during a stultifying presentation).
—Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 13 Feb. 2022
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“Overhead projector.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/overhead%20projector. Accessed 7 Feb. 2025.
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