Protrusion Synonyms

prō-tro͝ozhən
A part that protrudes or extends outward
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. bulge
  2. jut
  3. knob
  4. knot
  5. overhang
  6. projection
  7. protuberance
The act of projecting out from something
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. bulge
  2. projection
  3. protuberance
  4. jut
  5. bump
  6. hump
  7. swelling
  8. gibbosity
  9. gibbousness
  10. prominence
  11. extrusion
  12. jutting
  13. excrescence
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Words Related to Protrusion

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Protrusion Sentence Examples

  • When the edges of the mantle ventral to the inhalant orifice are united, an anterior aperture is left for the protrusion of the foot, and thus there are three pallial apertures altogether, and species in this condition are called " Tripora."

  • In the Southern Uplands, owing to the greater softness and uniformity of texture of the rocks, rock-tarns are comparatively infrequent, except in Galloway, where the protrusion of granite and its associated metamorphism have reproduced Highland conditions of rock-structure.

  • Mantle with two posterior appendages; ctenidium large and capable of protrusion from pallial cavity.

  • The mechanism of protrusion in the Cyclostomata is a subject which requires further examination.

  • Thus in the Phylactolaemata the contraction of the muscular body-wall exerts a pressure on the fluid of the body-cavity and is the cause of the protrusion of the polypide.

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