protrusion : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: protrusion	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for protrusion
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
protrusion n 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" Synonym(s): bulge, bump, hump, swelling, gibbosity, gibbousness, jut, prominence, protuberance, protrusion, extrusion, excrescence the act of projecting out from something Synonym(s): protrusion, projection, jut, jutting
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.