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  • noun Plural form of extrusion.

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Examples

  • The creature's surface was fairly rigid and immovable in a sense but at least its walking 'extrusions' might be able to capture and eventually absorb the men, given enough time.

    Vagabond of Space Ernsting, Walter 1976

  • The proposed duties, which require further action by the International Trade Commission, could add 59.31% to the cost of Chinese aluminum extrusions, which are products squeezed out of aluminum alloys and often used in construction.

    Antidumping Duties on Chinese Aluminum Products Are Proposed Tom Barkley 2010

  • As a counter to the solidity of the work in bronze, steel, even plywood, he also makes pieces like the painted white fiberglass "Companions," gourdlike extrusions spreading gracefully in all directions.

    Beauty That's No Illusion Willard Spiegelman 2011

  • The planets are the three-dimensional extrusions of our energy source.

    365 tomorrows » submission : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2010

  • Nog, Voktra, and the Romulans were running back toward them from the edge of what looked like a forest, but was actually a thick layer of moss, with furry extrusions the size of fence-posts crammed together for kilometers.

    Star Trek The Next Generation® David A. McIntee 2011

  • Mr. Goldstein described the extrusions as "facets" that give the building "a certain scale and sculptural interest."

    Keeping 'Home' Out of Sight Dana Rubinstein 2011

  • Reminded you of slimy excrescences and extrusions.

    Fleet beasts | clusterflock 2009

  • China is the world's largest exporter of aluminum extrusions.

    Antidumping Duties on Chinese Aluminum Products Are Proposed Tom Barkley 2010

  • Then the building steps back, and two flat extrusions, like darker outcroppings of the monolith beneath, begin to rise, breaking off at different points before the building tops out.

    Keeping 'Home' Out of Sight Dana Rubinstein 2011

  • Nog, Voktra, and the Romulans were running back toward them from the edge of what looked like a forest, but was actually a thick layer of moss, with furry extrusions the size of fence-posts crammed together for kilometers.

    Star Trek The Next Generation® David A. McIntee 2011

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