2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Protrusion  \Pro*tru"sion\,  n. 
  1.  The  act  of  protruding  or  thrusting  forward,  or  beyond  the 
  usual  limit. 
 
  2.  The  state  of  being  protruded,  or  thrust  forward. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  protrusion 
  n  1:  something  that  protrudes  [syn:  {bulge},  {bump},  {hump},  {gibbosity}, 
  {gibbousness},  {jut},  {prominence},  {protuberance},  {extrusion}, 
  {excrescence}] 
  2:  the  act  of  projecting  out  from  something  [syn:  {projection}, 
  {jut},  {jutting}] 

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