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.
- Protrusion of Solid Granite.
— from Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman - This protrusion of No.
— from Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman - Upon the solidity of bodies also depend their mutual impulse, resistance, and protrusion.
— from An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, Volume 1 by John Locke - end Impulse, Resistance and Protrusion.
— from An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, Volume 1 by John Locke - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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