protuberance
noun/pɹəʊˈtjuːbəɹəns/UK/pɹoʊˈtuːbəɹəns/US
Etymology
From French protubérance, from Latin prōtubērantia (“bulge; protuberance”), from prō + tūber (“swelling; protuberance”) + -antia (“-ance”).
- derived from protubérance
Definitions
A bulge, knob, swelling, spine, or anything that protrudes.
- Oluanpi's lighthouse looks toward Lanyu, or Orchid Island, a tiny, rocky protuberance sixty-eight miles to the southeast and important because it is the home of the Yami, the smallest and most primitive tribe of aborigines in Taiwan.
- Ever since their creation the Daleks have been attempting to conquer and enslave as much of the universe as they could get their grubby little protuberances on.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at protuberance. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at protuberance. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
10 hops · closes at protuberance
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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