protuberance : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: protuberance	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for protuberance
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
protuberance 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 condition of being protuberant; the condition of bulging out; "the protuberance of his belly"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Protuberance \Protu"berance\, n. [Cf. F. protub[82]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. {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. 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.