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Gibbous

Gibbous Meaning & Definition
Gibbous Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Gibbous?

[adj] (used of the moon) more than half full
[adj] characteristic of or suffering from kyphosis, an abnormality of the vertebral column

Synonyms | Synonyms for Gibbous: bulging | convex | crookback | crookbacked | gibbose | humpbacked | humped | hunchback | hunchbacked | kyphotic | unfit

Related Terms | Find terms related to Gibbous: arched | arciform | arclike | arcual | bandy | bowed | bowlike | bunchbacked | camelback | concave | convex | convexed | crookbacked | embowed | excurvate | excurvated | excurved | gibbose | humpbacked | humped | humpy | hunchbacked | hunched | hunchy | kyphotic | out-bowed | oxbow | rotund | vaulted

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Gibbous In Webster's Dictionary

\Gib"bous\, a. [Cf. F. gibbeux. See {Gibbose}.] 1. Swelling by a regular curve or surface; protuberant; convex; as, the moon is gibbous between the half-moon and the full moon. The bones will rise, and make a gibbous member. --Wiseman. 2. Hunched; hump-backed. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne. -- {Gib"bous*ly}, adv. -- {Gib"bous*ness}, n.

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