Hypertext Webster Gateway: "protrusion"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Protrusion \Pro*tru"sion\, n.
1. The act of protruding or thrusting forward, or beyond the
usual limit.
2. The state of being protruded, or thrust forward.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
protrusion
n 1: something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from
a form [syn: {bulge}, {bump}, {hump}, {gibbosity}, {gibbousness},
{jut}, {prominence}, {protuberance}, {extrusion}, {excrescence}]
2: the act of projecting out from something [syn: {projection},
{jut}, {jutting}]
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