Extrusion vs. Protrusion

Extrusionnoun

A manufacturing process where a billet of material is pushed and/or drawn through a die to create a shaped rod, rail or pipe.

Protrusionnoun

(uncountable) The act of protruding.

Extrusionnoun

An item formed by the process of extrusion.

Protrusionnoun

(uncountable) The state of being protruded.

Extrusionnoun

The act of thrusting or pushing out; a driving out; expulsion.

Protrusionnoun

(countable) Anything that protrudes.

Extrusionnoun

something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from a form

Protrusionnoun

The act of protruding or thrusting forward, or beyond the usual limit.

Extrusionnoun

squeezing out by applying pressure;

‘an unexpected extrusion of toothpaste from the bottom of the tube’; ‘the expulsion of pus from the pimple’;

Protrusionnoun

The state of being protruded, or thrust forward.

Extrusion

Extrusion is a process used to create objects of a fixed cross-sectional profile by pushing material through a die of the desired cross-section. Its two main advantages over other manufacturing processes are its ability to create very complex cross-sections; and to work materials that are brittle, because the material encounters only compressive and shear stresses.

Protrusionnoun

something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from a form

Protrusionnoun

the act of projecting out from something