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gibbous

 
Dictionary: gib·bous   (gĭb'əs) pronunciation

adj.
    1. Characterized by convexity; protuberant.
    2. More than half but less than fully illuminated. Used of the moon or a planet.
  1. Having a hump; humpbacked.

[Middle English, bulging, from Late Latin gibbōsus, hunch-backed, from Latin gibbus, hump.]

gibbously gib'bous·ly adv.
gibbousness gib'bous·ness n.

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(gĭb'əs)
adj.
  1. Characterized by convexity; protuberant.
  2. Having a hump; humpbacked.

Humped; protuberant.

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The adjective has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: characteristic of or suffering from kyphosis, an abnormality of the vertebral column
  Synonyms: crookback, crookbacked, humped, humpbacked, hunchback, hunchbacked, kyphotic

Meaning #2: (used of the moon) more than half full
  Synonym: gibbose


 
 

 

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