'Protrusion' definitions:

Definition of 'protrusion'

(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 act of projecting out from something [syn: protrusion, projection, jut, jutting]

Definition of 'Protrusion'

From: GCIDE
  • Protrusion \Pro*tru"sion\, n.
  • 1. The act of protruding or thrusting forward, or beyond the usual limit. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. The state of being protruded, or thrust forward. [1913 Webster]

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