3 definitions
for Protuberance
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
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]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 :
protuberance
n 1: something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from
a form [syn: bulge, bump, hump, gibbosity, gibbousness,
jut, prominence, protrusion, extrusion, excrescence]
2: the condition of being protuberant; the condition of bulging
out; "the protuberance of his belly"
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :
43 Moby Thesaurus words for "protuberance":
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
