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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This

ex·tru·sion

[ik-stroo-zhuh

n] Pronunciation Key

–noun

1.	the act of extruding or the state of being extruded.

2.	something that is extruded.

[Origin: 1530–40; < ML extrūsiōn- (s. of extrūsiō), equiv. to L extrūs(us) (ptp. of extrūdere to extrude) + -iōn- -ion

]

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ex·tru·sion (ĭk-strōō'zhən) Pronunciation Key
n.

The act or process of pushing or thrusting out.
The act or process of shaping by forcing through a die.
An object or material produced by extruding.

[Medieval Latin extrūsiō, extrūsiōn-, from Latin extrūsus, past participle of extrūdere, to thrust out; see extrude.]

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
extrusion

1540, from L. extrusionem, from ex- "out" + trudere "to thrust, push," from PIE *treud- "to press, push, squeeze" (see threat).

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extrusion
noun
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"
2.	squeezing out by applying pressure; "an unexpected extrusion of toothpaste from the bottom of the tube"; "the expulsion of pus from the pimple"

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The American Heritage Science Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

extrusion (ĭk-str

'zhən) Pronunciation Key

The emission of lava onto the surface of the Earth. Rocks that form from the cooling of lava are generally fine-grained (because they cool quickly, before large crystals can grow) and are called extrusive rocks. Compare intrusion.
The process of making a shaped object, such as a rod or tube, by forcing a material into a mold.

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American Heritage Stedman's Medical Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

extrusion ex·tru·sion (ĭk-str&oomacr;'zhən)
n.