Bulge
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Bulge may refer to:
Astronomy and geography
[edit]- Bulge (astronomy), a tightly packed group of stars at the center of a spiral galaxy
- Equatorial bulge, a bulge around the equator of a planet due to rotation
- Tharsis bulge, vast volcanic plateau centered near the equator in Mars’ western hemisphere
- Tidal bulge, a bulge of land or water on a planet created by the pull of another object in orbit
Military
[edit]- Bulge, a discontinuity in an extended military front line
- Battle of the Bulge, a major World War II German offensive on the Western front starting in 1944
- Bulge (game), a 1980 board wargame that simulates the Battle of the Bulge
- Anti-torpedo bulge, passive warship defence against naval torpedoes between World War I and World War II
People
[edit]- Helge "Bulge" Bostrom (1894–1977), Canadian professional ice hockey player
Other
[edit]- Beta bulge, a localized disruption of the regular hydrogen bonding of a beta sheet
- British and Commonwealth English term for the fleshy mass on the back of a camel containing its fat reservoir
- Bulge bracket, the world's largest and most profitable multi-national investment banks
- Earth bulge, a term used in telecommunications
- Power bulge, raised part (a bulge) of the hood (bonnet) of a car
- The Bulge, a mountain located in Coos County, New Hampshire
See also
[edit]- Battle of the Bulge (disambiguation)
- Crotch, in men sometimes referred to as a bulge
- Forebulge
- Hernia, sometimes referred to as a bulge or bulge out
- South Sister Bulge the oldest and most eroded of the Three Sisters (Oregon), known as "Faith"
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