promontory

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yüksek burun
dağlık burun
(Tıp) promontori
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i., coğr. burun
(Tıp) Çıkıntı, promontrium
(Biyoloji) promontoryum
{i} çıkıntı
English - English
A high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff
a high point of land extending outward from the coastline into the sea
{n} a headland, cape, high land, hill
A projecting part
A promontory is a cliff that stretches out into the sea. promontories a long narrow piece of land which sticks out into the sea
(b) A prominence on the inner wall of the tympanum of the ear
{i} headland, bluff, high point of land or rock that projects out over water
a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea)
A high point of land or rock projecting into the sea beyond the line of coast; a headland; a high cape
Especially: (a) The projecting angle of the ventral side of the sacrum where it joins the last lumbar vertebra
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