projec'tion

[L. projeciio; projicere, to throw before.] referring of a sensation to the object producing it. 4. The referring to another of a repre ed complex in the individual, as when one reprobates in others faults to the commi ion of which he himself has a constant inclination. 5. The conception by the consciousne of a mental occurrence belonging to the ego as of external origin, erro'neo us p., a miscalculation as to the exact position of an object, owing to a misjudgment of the effort required to focus it resulting from weakne of the eye muscles, p. sys'tem, the system of white nerve-fibers connecting the spinal centers with certain tracts in the cerebral cortex.