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overhead projector
noun
: a device that shows information or pictures on a wall or screen by shining a light through a sheet with the information or pictures on it
Full Definition of OVERHEAD PROJECTOR
: 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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First Known Use of OVERHEAD PROJECTOR
1951
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