Meanings
plural overhead projectors
- A projector that projects an image over the heads of the viewers onto a screen in front of them.
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The reality is that the typical classroom teacher still uses a blackboard and chalk. Indeed, despite the excitement over high-tech devices, most classroom equipment is decidedly low-tech: small-screen television sets, mimeograph machines, monaural phonograph record players, overhead projectors with grease pencils, 16-millimeter projectors, reel-to-reel tape players, filmstrip projectors.
1992 August 2, Peter H. Lewis, “Low-Tech Renewal”, in The New York Times, →ISSNSynonyms: OHP
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA projector that projects an image over the heads of the viewers onto a screen in front of them.
Translations
Chinese Cantonese 高影機 /高影机
- 高影機 /高影机 (gou¹ jing² gei¹)projector that projects an image over the heads of the viewers onto a screen
Chinese Mandarin 幻燈機 /幻灯机
- 幻燈機 /幻灯机 (huàndēngjī)projector that projects an image over the heads of the viewers onto a screen
Danish overheadprojektor
- overheadprojektorprojector that projects an image over the heads of the viewers onto a screen
Dutch overheadprojector
- overheadprojectorprojector that projects an image over the heads of the viewers onto a screen
Finnish piirtoheitin
- piirtoheitinprojector that projects an image over the heads of the viewers onto a screen
French rétroprojecteur
- rétroprojecteurprojector that projects an image over the heads of the viewers onto a screen
German Tageslichtprojektor, Overheadprojektor
- Tageslichtprojektorprojector that projects an image over the heads of the viewers onto a screen
- Overheadprojektorprojector that projects an image over the heads of the viewers onto a screen
- Polyluxprojector that projects an image over the heads of the viewers onto a screen
Hebrew מָטוֹל שְׁקָפִים
- מָטוֹל שְׁקָפִיםprojector that projects an image over the heads of the viewers onto a screen
Hungarian írásvetítő
- írásvetítőprojector that projects an image over the heads of the viewers onto a screen
Irish osteilgeoir
- osteilgeoirprojector that projects an image over the heads of the viewers onto a screen
Japanese オーバーヘッドプロジェクタ
- オーバーヘッドプロジェクタ (ōbāheddo purojekuta)projector that projects an image over the heads of the viewers onto a screen
Korean 오버헤드 프로젝터
- 오버헤드 프로젝터 (obeohedeu peurojekteo)projector that projects an image over the heads of the viewers onto a screen
Norwegian overheadprosjektør
- overheadprosjektørprojector that projects an image over the heads of the viewers onto a screen
Polish grafoskop, epidiaskop
- grafoskopprojector that projects an image over the heads of the viewers onto a screen
- epidiaskopprojector that projects an image over the heads of the viewers onto a screen
- rzutnikprojector that projects an image over the heads of the viewers onto a screen
Portuguese retroprojetor
- retroprojetorprojector that projects an image over the heads of the viewers onto a screen
Russian диаскопи́ческий прое́ктор, диапрое́ктор
- диаскопи́ческий прое́ктор (diaskopíčeskij proéktor)projector that projects an image over the heads of the viewers onto a screen
- диапрое́ктор (diaproéktor)projector that projects an image over the heads of the viewers onto a screen
- проекцио́нный аппара́т (proekciónnyj apparát)projector that projects an image over the heads of the viewers onto a screen
- прое́ктор (proéktor)projector that projects an image over the heads of the viewers onto a screen
Spanish retroproyector
- retroproyectorprojector that projects an image over the heads of the viewers onto a screen
Swedish overheadprojektor, OH-projektor
- overheadprojektorprojector that projects an image over the heads of the viewers onto a screen
- OH-projektorprojector that projects an image over the heads of the viewers onto a screen
Thai เครื่องฉายภาพข้ามศีรษะ
- เครื่องฉายภาพข้ามศีรษะ (krêuang chăai pâap kâam sĕesà)projector that projects an image over the heads of the viewers onto a screen
Vietnamese máy chiếu hắt
- máy chiếu hắtprojector that projects an image over the heads of the viewers onto a screen
Cite this entry
overhead projector. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overhead%20projector
“overhead projector.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overhead%20projector. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overhead projector,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overhead%20projector.
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