a projector having a flat, transparent top on which a sheetlike transparency is placed, and an overhead mirror that reflects the image on the transparency to a screen
overhead projector
overhead projector 
An overhead projector in a classroom.
The definition of an overhead projector is a machine that causes an image from a transparent sheet to be projected onto a viewing screen.
An example of an overhead projector is what a teacher uses to show their class an enlarged version of a class assignment.
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overhead projector
noun
A projector that projects onto a screen or surface the image on a transparency placed over the projector's light source, with the image redirected by an overhead mirror.
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Noun
(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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