protuberance
UK /pɹəˈtjuː.bə.ɹəns/ · US /pɹəˈtuː.bɚ.əns/ noun
Forms protuberances
Synonyms
bulge bump protrusion tuberosity hump swelling gibbosity gibbousness jut prominence extrusion excrescence
Etymology
From French protubérance, from Latin prōtubērantia (“bulge; protuberance”), from prō + tūber (“swelling; protuberance”) + -antia (“-ance”).
Webster’s 1913
- noun 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. 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.
Etymology [Cf. F. protubérance. See Protuberant.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “protuberance”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details