Plain English Meaning

Anything an instructor shines or sends onto a screen so the class can all see it at once — slides, videos, or images from a computer.

Full Definition

Instructional aids that display images, text, video, or computer output onto a screen or surface for a group to view. In aviation training, projected material includes slides, video clips, document camera feeds, and computer-driven presentations used by an instructor to support a lesson.

Context Anchor

Seen in ground lessons, safety briefings, and instructor planning, especially when an instructor uses slides or a screen to explain an aviation topic.

Derivation

‘Project’ comes from the Latin proicere, meaning ‘to throw forward.’ Projected material is literally information ‘thrown forward’ onto a surface so a group can view it together.