extrusion

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extrusion

Rhymes with -uːʒən

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Mid-16th century from Latin extrūdere, from ex- (“out”) + trūdere (“to thrust”).

noun extrusions

  1. countable, uncountable A manufacturing process where a billet of material is pushed and/or drawn through a die to create a shaped rod, rail or pipe.
  2. countable, uncountable An item formed by the process of extrusion.
  3. countable, uncountable A process through which a virus leaves its host cell by fusing with that cell's plasma membrane.

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noun manufacturing process

Españolextrusión
Portuguêsextrusão
Françaisextrusion
DeutschExtrusion, Formdrücken, Formpressen, Strangpressen
Italianoestrusione

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"extrusion." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/extrusion. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{extrusion_2026,
  title = {extrusion},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/extrusion},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}