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Literary notes about Protrusion (AI summary)

The term "protrusion" has been employed in literature to convey both literal and metaphorical extensions. For example, in Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s work, it describes a tangible outcrop of solid granite, suggesting a defined physical form [1][2]. John Locke uses the term in a natural philosophy context to discuss the inherent physical characteristics such as bodies and their mutual interactions [3][4]. In Jules Verne’s narrative, the term denotes a physical irregularity that impedes movement [5]. Most notably, Charles Darwin applies "protrusion" to human expression, repeatedly referring to the physical manifestation of emotion in the lips—whether as a sign of anger, sulkiness, or simply a common trait in children—as well as noting its occurrence in minute reactions like the erection of hairs due to tickling [6][7][8][9][10]. Through these varied examples, "protrusion" emerges as a versatile descriptor bridging the concrete and the expressive.
  1. Protrusion of Solid Granite.
    — from Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
  2. This protrusion of No.
    — from Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
  3. Upon the solidity of bodies also depend their mutual impulse, resistance, and protrusion.
    — from An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, Volume 1 by John Locke
  4. end Impulse, Resistance and Protrusion.
    — from An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, Volume 1 by John Locke
  5. The surface of this long sheet–iron cigar no longer offered a single protrusion that could hamper its maneuvers.
    — from Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: An Underwater Tour of the World by Jules Verne
  6. There is, however, some tendency to the protrusion of the lips with the adults of all races under the influence of great rage.
    — from The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals by Charles Darwin
  7. A grinning expression and the protrusion of the lips appear sometimes to go together.
    — from The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals by Charles Darwin
  8. We thus see that the protrusion of the lips, especially with young children, is characteristic of sulkiness throughout the greater part of the world.
    — from The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals by Charles Darwin
  9. A similar protrusion or pouting of the lips, though to a much slighter degree, may be seen in sulky children.
    — from The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals by Charles Darwin
  10. Mr. Lister has also found, [419] that tickling a neighbouring part of the skin causes the erection and protrusion of the hairs.
    — from The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals by Charles Darwin

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