GIBBOSITY

bulge, bump, hump, swelling, gibbosity, gibbousness, jut, prominence, protuberance, protrusion, extrusion, excrescence

(noun) something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings; “the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge”; “the hump of a camel”; “he stood on the rocky prominence”; “the occipital protuberance was well developed”; “the bony excrescence between its horns”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

gibbosity (countable and uncountable, plural gibbosities)

The state of being gibbous or gibbose; gibbousness.

Source: Wiktionary



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(noun) the scientific study of the earth’s configuration above sea level (emphasizing the measurement of land altitudes relative to sea level)


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