| slovo | definícia |
protuberance
(encz) | protuberance,protuberance n: Zdeněk Brož |
protuberance
(encz) | protuberance,výrůstek n: Zdeněk Brož |
protuberance
(czen) | protuberance,prominencen: [fyz.] |
protuberance
(czen) | protuberance,protuberancen: Zdeněk Brož |
Protuberance
(gcide) | 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] |
protuberance
(wn) | 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" [syn:
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" |
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occipital protuberance
(encz) | occipital protuberance, n: |
protuberance
(encz) | protuberance,protuberance n: Zdeněk Brožprotuberance,výrůstek n: Zdeněk Brož |
protuberance
(czen) | protuberance,prominencen: [fyz.] protuberance,protuberancen: Zdeněk Brož |
Solar protuberances
(gcide) | 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] |
occipital protuberance
(wn) | occipital protuberance
n 1: prominence on the outer surface of the occipital bone |
protuberance
(wn) | 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" [syn:
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" |
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