'Protuberance' definitions:
Definition of 'protuberance'
(from WordNet)
noun
Something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings; "the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge"; "the hump of a camel"; "he stood on the rocky prominence"; "the occipital protuberance was well developed"; "the bony excrescence between its horns" [syn: bulge, bump, hump, swelling, gibbosity, gibbousness, jut, prominence, protuberance, protrusion, extrusion, excrescence]
noun
The condition of being protuberant; the condition of bulging out; "the protuberance of his belly"
Definition of 'Protuberance'
From: GCIDE
- Protuberance \Pro*tu"ber*ance\, n. [Cf. F. protub['e]rance. See Protuberant.] That which is protuberant swelled or pushed beyond the surrounding or adjacent surface; a swelling or tumor on the body; a prominence; a bunch or knob; an elevation. [1913 Webster]
- Solar protuberances (Astron.), certain rose-colored masses on the limb of the sun which are seen to extend beyond the edge of the moon at the time of a solar eclipse. They may be discovered with the spectroscope on any clear day. Called also solar prominences. See Illust. in Append. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Projection, Protuberance. protuberance differs from projection, being applied to parts that rise from the surface with a gradual ascent or small angle; whereas a projection may be at a right angle with the surface. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'protuberance'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- bas-relief,
- bellying,
- boldness,
- bulge,
- bulging,
- embossment,
- eminence,
- excrescence,
- excrescency,
- extrusion,
- feel,
- finish,
- gibbosity,
- gibbousness,
- grain,
- granular texture,
- high relief,
- indentation,
- jut,
- knub,
- low relief,
- nap,
- nub,
- pile,
- pit,
- pock,
- projection,
- prominence,
- protrusion,
- protuberancy,
- relief,
- salience,
- salient,
- shag,
- structure,
- surface,
- surface texture,
- texture,
- tuberosity,
- tuberousness,
- wale,
- weave,
- woof