[syn: extrusion, expulsion]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Extrusion \Ex*tru"sion\, n.
The act of thrusting or pushing out; a driving out;
expulsion.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
extrusion
n 1: 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" [syn:
bulge, bump, hump, swelling, gibbosity,
gibbousness, jut, prominence, protuberance,
protrusion, extrusion, excrescence]
2: squeezing out by applying pressure; "an unexpected extrusion
of toothpaste from the bottom of the tube"; "the expulsion of
pus from the pimple" [syn: extrusion, expulsion]