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单词 protuberance
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protuberancen.

Brit. /prəˈtjuːb(ə)rəns/, /prəˈtjuːb(ə)rn̩s/, /prəˈtʃuːb(ə)rəns/, /prəˈtʃuːb(ə)rn̩s/, U.S. /prəˈt(j)ub(ə)rəns/, /proʊˈt(j)ub(ə)rəns/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: protuberant adj., -ance suffix.
Etymology: < protuberant adj.: see -ance suffix. Compare protruberance n.With solar protuberance at sense 1b compare French protubérance solaire (1868).
1.
a. A thing which protrudes from something else; a rounded projection or swelling; a knob, a bump.
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the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > protuberance or rounded projection > [noun] > a protuberance or protuberant part
busta1250
bouging1398
gibbosityc1400
embossingc1430
breasta1450
belly1591
tumour1601
extuberance1607
belly-piece1609
embossment1610
outswelling1611
extuberation1615
protuberation1615
swelling1615
extuberancy1634
popple1635
protuberance1635
emboss1644
extancy1644
bump1653
protuberancy1653
protuberating1667
swell1683
bulge1741
boss1791
bulging1828
protuberosity1860
tuber1888
1635 D. Person Varieties i. 26 The protuberances of such knobs deface not the exact roundnesse of the whole Globe, as not having a comparable proportion with it.
1658 Sir T. Browne Garden of Cyrus iii, in Hydriotaphia: Urne-buriall 126 The Rhomboidall protuberances in Pineapples maintaining this Quincuncial order unto each other.
1729 J. Martyn 1st Lect. Bot. 22 Mulberry signifies not only the Fruit commonly so call'd, but also any other soft Fruits, compos'd of several Protuberances.
1794 S. Williams Nat. & Civil Hist. Vermont 82 Under the throat there is a fleshy protuberance.
1814 M. Edgeworth Patronage II. xx. 215 There was a small protuberance on the left side of the nose, which, on his pressing it, gave great pain to the child.
1859 W. S. Coleman Our Woodlands 77 On the leaf-stalks of this Poplar..large reddish-coloured protuberances.
1914 F. E. Fritsch & E. J. Salisbury Introd. Study Plants xviii. 231 In some Spiræas..the receptacle is likewise flat, but the ovary is borne on a central protuberance.
1959 A. C. Hardy Open Sea II. x. 193 Its body is covered with little protuberances giving it a somewhat toad-like appearance.
2002 National Geographic Apr. 94/2 Human-like figures with antler-like protuberances on their heads.
b. Astronomy. = prominence n. 2b. Also solar protuberance. Now rare.
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the world > the universe > sun > solar activity > [noun] > solar prominence
streamer1697
solar prominence1852
sun pillar1853
filamenta1869
solar protuberance1869
plume1885
panache1886
1869 Jrnl. Franklin Inst. 57 317 The first protuberance which I observed, is represented by Fig. 1. Above an intensely luminous peak-shaped mass, rising from the border of the sun, is spread a cloud-like formation.
1907 Daily News 25 Dec. 4 Janssen was in the Malay Peninsula making his observations of the solar ‘protuberances’, otherwise masses of blazing hydrogen.
1949 Sci. Monthly Oct. 222/2 A medallion was issued by the Academy commemorating their analysis of the solar protuberances.
2. The fact or condition of protruding; bulging out or projecting in a rounded form.
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the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > protuberance or rounded projection > [noun]
bunching1398
struttingc1440
tuberosity?1541
swellnessa1582
bunchiness1594
extuberance1607
protuberance1653
protuberancy1654
tuberousness1681
swell1683
protruberance1746
bossiness1870
bulginess1883
pregnancy1950
1653 W. Harvey Anat. Exercitations xvi. 85 Fully representing the figure of an Eye, and that not only by reason of its protuberance, like that in the Tunica Cornea, or horny membrane, or coat of the Eye.
1681 Table of Hard Words in S. Pordage tr. T. Willis Remaining Med. Wks. Protuberance, a bunching forth above the rest.
1748 T. Smollett Roderick Random II. liv. 191 The protuberance of her breast, when considered alone, seemed to drag her forwards.
1782 J. Warton Ess. on Pope (new ed.) II. vii. 12 The firmness and protuberance of the muscles in each limb.
1836 Random Recoll. Ho. Lords xiv. 342 His eyes have a sunken appearance, owing to the protuberance of his eye-brows.
1874 Imperial Gazetteer at Australia The whole figure..very well proportioned, but frequently marred by the protuberance of the abdomen.
1927 Proc. Royal Soc. B. 101 253 There was no protuberance of the eyeballs, but the eyes were kept wide open.
1997 Afr. Amer. Rev. 31 708 The perceived protuberance of the buttocks of the prostitute.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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