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Definition of protuberance in English: protuberancenoun prəˈtjuːb(ə)r(ə)nsprəˈt(j)ub(ə)rəns 1A thing that protrudes from something else. some dinosaurs evolved protuberances on top of their heads Example sentencesExamples - Interrill flow, also known as sheet flow, sheet wash, or slope wash, generally appears as a thin layer of water with threads of deeper, faster flow diverging and converging around surface protuberances, rocks, and vegetation.
- Beetles are usually identified by observing differences in the male's genitalia, which sport all sorts of uncomfortable-looking protuberances.
- In his large-scale drawings, body organs morph into metallic configurations with colorful, yet indistinct protuberances.
- Some of their protuberances project close to a metre above what can be vaguely discerned as the original road surface.
- Some specimens formed massive attachment structures from the protuberances on the transverse ridges.
- There you will find a pair of hard protuberances lying flush to its scales.
- And, as mentioned earlier, the ceramics are sexy, with their curves and protuberances and hidden spaces.
- One could lean over from one of those little teensy protuberances of rock, ice, gravel and snow and stare straight down at infinity.
- Almost elephantine with its twin probosci and large, intelligent eyes, it alternated between curling the forward lobes into tight horn-like protuberances or dropping them down to shovel plankton into its cavernous maw.
- During a class on operant conditioning, I asked whether anyone had placed a rat trained to press a bar for food into a naturalistic setting to see if it would get on its hind legs to press twigs or similar protuberances.
- Another feature of this patent was the use of protuberances, which interlocked into holes in the joint plates to keep an extended rule straight when open.
- The protuberances remain small during initiation of the first sepals, and they disappear completely in the course of floral development.
- Others suggest that protuberances from the epidermis increased photosynthetic surface area on plants that were now growing taller, with thicker stems and more biomass to support.
- The ridges form irregularly situated protuberances that house hollow spines usually 0.05-0.06 mm wide and up to 0.12 mm long.
- A number of works, however, feature clusters of dark, leathery-looking, phallic protuberances and spiky forms that suggest the shapes of devil's horns mentioned in the poems.
- The cell containing the infection thread, or the neighbouring cell, has green-stained protuberances on its periclinal walls.
- The tree is grand and huge, its girth perhaps five metres, and the knotted protuberances of the base cover a huge area.
- Beaked whales, distinguished by the strange, teeth-like protuberances from their lower jaws, have been around virtually unchanged for 30 million years, but are still the least studied large mammal in the world.
- It has very few bumps or protuberances, and the surface has as mirror-like a sheen as you can get from white plastic.
- If you don't take these weedy protuberances for a failed hanging basket display, you might be interested to learn it is designed to mark the passage of time over 12 years, which is how long it takes a good whisky to mature.
Synonyms bump, lump, knob, hump, jut, projection, prominence, protrusion, overhang, eminence, ledge, shelf, ridge, swelling, bulge, excrescence, outgrowth, growth, carbuncle rare tumescence, intumescence, tumefaction - 1.1mass noun The fact or state of protruding.
the large size and protuberance of the incisors Example sentencesExamples - The placoderms and chondrichthyans both show at least some capsular protuberance of the braincase, but the braincase is a single, undivided mass, whether or not ossified.
Synonyms sticking out, jutting, projection, projecting, obtrusion, obtruding, prominence, protrusion swelling, bulging rare tumescence, tumefaction
Definition of protuberance in US English: protuberancenounprəˈt(j)ub(ə)rənsprəˈt(y)o͞ob(ə)rəns 1A thing that protrudes from something else. some dinosaurs evolved protuberances on top of their heads Example sentencesExamples - The ridges form irregularly situated protuberances that house hollow spines usually 0.05-0.06 mm wide and up to 0.12 mm long.
- Interrill flow, also known as sheet flow, sheet wash, or slope wash, generally appears as a thin layer of water with threads of deeper, faster flow diverging and converging around surface protuberances, rocks, and vegetation.
- In his large-scale drawings, body organs morph into metallic configurations with colorful, yet indistinct protuberances.
- It has very few bumps or protuberances, and the surface has as mirror-like a sheen as you can get from white plastic.
- The cell containing the infection thread, or the neighbouring cell, has green-stained protuberances on its periclinal walls.
- Some of their protuberances project close to a metre above what can be vaguely discerned as the original road surface.
- If you don't take these weedy protuberances for a failed hanging basket display, you might be interested to learn it is designed to mark the passage of time over 12 years, which is how long it takes a good whisky to mature.
- There you will find a pair of hard protuberances lying flush to its scales.
- A number of works, however, feature clusters of dark, leathery-looking, phallic protuberances and spiky forms that suggest the shapes of devil's horns mentioned in the poems.
- Some specimens formed massive attachment structures from the protuberances on the transverse ridges.
- Almost elephantine with its twin probosci and large, intelligent eyes, it alternated between curling the forward lobes into tight horn-like protuberances or dropping them down to shovel plankton into its cavernous maw.
- The tree is grand and huge, its girth perhaps five metres, and the knotted protuberances of the base cover a huge area.
- And, as mentioned earlier, the ceramics are sexy, with their curves and protuberances and hidden spaces.
- During a class on operant conditioning, I asked whether anyone had placed a rat trained to press a bar for food into a naturalistic setting to see if it would get on its hind legs to press twigs or similar protuberances.
- The protuberances remain small during initiation of the first sepals, and they disappear completely in the course of floral development.
- Others suggest that protuberances from the epidermis increased photosynthetic surface area on plants that were now growing taller, with thicker stems and more biomass to support.
- One could lean over from one of those little teensy protuberances of rock, ice, gravel and snow and stare straight down at infinity.
- Beaked whales, distinguished by the strange, teeth-like protuberances from their lower jaws, have been around virtually unchanged for 30 million years, but are still the least studied large mammal in the world.
- Beetles are usually identified by observing differences in the male's genitalia, which sport all sorts of uncomfortable-looking protuberances.
- Another feature of this patent was the use of protuberances, which interlocked into holes in the joint plates to keep an extended rule straight when open.
Synonyms bump, lump, knob, hump, jut, projection, prominence, protrusion, overhang, eminence, ledge, shelf, ridge, swelling, bulge, excrescence, outgrowth, growth, carbuncle - 1.1 The fact or state of protruding.
the large size and protuberance of the incisors Example sentencesExamples - The placoderms and chondrichthyans both show at least some capsular protuberance of the braincase, but the braincase is a single, undivided mass, whether or not ossified.
Synonyms sticking out, jutting, projection, projecting, obtrusion, obtruding, prominence, protrusion
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