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protrusive, a.|prəʊˈtruːsɪv|
[f. L. prōtrūs-, ppl. stem of prōtrūd-ĕre to protrude + -ive.]
1. Having the power or tendency to thrust forward or onward; propulsive.
1676H. More Remarks 172 Though it add nothing to the elasticity of the Air, seeing it has a pressure and protrusive force in it. 1718J. Chamberlayne Relig. Philos. (1730) I. iv. §13 The Protrusive Motion of the Bowels. 1822–34Good's Study Med. (ed. 4) IV. 144 The protrusive force of the surrounding muscles.
2. Characterized by thrusting oneself forward; obtrusive.
1840Carlyle Heroes iii. (1858) 267 A true English heart breathes, calm and strong, through the whole business; not boisterous, protrusive. 1893Chicago Advance 16 Nov., His protrusive, unrestrained, ill-regulated idiosyncracies.
3. Protruding, projecting, protuberant.
1858Carlyle Fredk. Gt. iii. iv. (1872) I. 156 The ‘Austrian lip’—protrusive underjaw, with heavy lip disinclined to shut. 1876Geo. Eliot Dan. Der. vii, The chin protrusive, and the cervical vertebræ a trifle more curved.
Hence proˈtrusively adv., proˈtrusiveness.
1831Carlyle Sart. Res. i. x, To him thou, with sniffing charity, wilt protrusively proffer thy hand-lamp. 1890Cent. Dict., Protrusiveness. 1975H. Thomson Occlusion ix. 156 The whole procedure is repeated for the outgoing movements beginning at intercuspal position and moving laterally on each side and then protrusively. |