Gibbousness

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Gibbous \Gib"bous\, a. [Cf. F. gibbeux. See {Gibbose}.]
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     1. Swelling by a regular curve or surface; protuberant;
        convex; as, the moon is gibbous between the half-moon and
        the full moon.
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              The bones will rise, and make a gibbous member.
                                                    --Wiseman.
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     2. Hunched; hump-backed. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne. --
        {Gib"bous*ly}, adv. -- {Gib"bous*ness}, n.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  gibbousness
       n : something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from
           a form [syn: {bulge}, {bump}, {hump}, {gibbosity}, {jut},
            {prominence}, {protuberance}, {protrusion}, {extrusion},
            {excrescence}]