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Definition of Protuberant
1. Adjective. Curving outward.
Similar to: Protrusive
Derivative terms: Bulb, Bulge, Bulginess, Protuberance, Protuberance, Protuberate, Protuberate
Definition of Protuberant
1. a. Prominent, or excessively prominent; bulging beyond the surrounding or adjacent surface; swelling; as, a protuberant joint; a protuberant eye.
Definition of Protuberant
1. Adjective. Swelling or bulging outward. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Protuberant
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Protuberant
Literary usage of Protuberant
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Geological Magazine by Henry Woodward (1906)
"X 2 nat. larger angle with it; hence the baso-lateral portion of the whole valve
is somewhat protuberant. The tergo-lateral margin is in the upper part ..."
2. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1899)
"Operation was undertaken under chloroform, and the tumour was enucleated in about
Fig. 8.—Child with protuberant abdomen due to renal sarcoma. Fig. 9. ..."
3. Geology by Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Rollin D. Salisbury (1905)
"The demands on protuberant action not severe. — The present planets and their
satellites, all together, amount to about one seven- hundredth part of the ..."
4. Geology by Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Rollin D. Salisbury (1905)
"The demands on protuberant action not severe. — The present planets and their
satellites, all together, amount to about one seven- hundredth part of the ..."
5. Geology by Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Rollin D. Salisbury (1906)
"The demands on protuberant action not severe. — The present planets and their
satellites, all together, amount to about one seven- hundredth part of the ..."
6. The Planetary and Stellar Worlds: A Popular Exposition of the Great by Ormsby Macknight Mitchel (1848)
"As the earth grows more protuberant, changing from the spherical form, the
particles must be heaved up the side of this elevated ridge which belts the earth ..."
7. The Planetary and Stellar Worlds: A Popular Exposition of the Great by Ormsby MacKnight Mitchel (1871)
"As the earth grows more protuberant, changing from the spherical form, the
particles must be heaved up the side of this elevated ridge which belts the earth ..."
8. Handbook to the Birds of Australia by John Gould (1865)
"... throat white, bounded below with black, the feathers lengthened and protuberant;
chest and abdomen light grey ; bill and feet lead-colour. ..."
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