gibbousness

Noun gibbousness has 1 sense

• gibbousness(n = noun.shape) bulge, bump, excrescence, extrusion, gibbosity, hump, jut, prominence, protrusion, protuberance, swelling - 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"
has particulars: frontal eminence, occipital protuberance, belly, caput, mogul, nub, nubble, snag, wart
is a kind of projection
Derived form adjective gibbous₁