gibbousness

Definitions of gibbousness

1. noun

   something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
   synonyms: bulge, bump, excrescence, extrusion, gibbosity, hump, jut, prominence, protrusion, protuberance, swelling

   types:

   frontal eminence

   either prominence of the frontal bone above each orbit

   occipital protuberance

   prominence on the outer surface of the occipital bone

   belly

   a part that bulges deeply

   caput

   a headlike protuberance on an organ or structure

   mogul

   a bump on a ski slope

   nub, nubble

   a small lump or protuberance

   snag

   a sharp protuberance

   wart

   any small rounded protuberance (as on certain plants or animals)

   type of:

   projection

   any solid convex shape that juts out from something