protuberance 音标拼音: [prot'ubɚəns] [prət'ubɚəns]
n . 突起,瘤,结节
突起,瘤,结节
protuberance n 1 :
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 :
{
bulge }, {
bump }, {
hump }, {
swelling }, {
gibbosity },
{
gibbousness }, {
jut }, {
prominence }, {
protuberance },
{
protrusion }, {
extrusion }, {
excrescence }]
2 :
the condition of being protuberant ;
the condition of bulging out ; "
the protuberance of his belly "
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 ]
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
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