# Bulge

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'''Bulge''' may refer to:

==Astronomy and geography==
*[Bulge (astronomy)](/source/Bulge_(astronomy)), a tightly packed group of stars at the center of a spiral galaxy
*[Equatorial bulge](/source/Equatorial_bulge), a bulge around the equator of a planet due to rotation
*[Tharsis bulge](/source/Tharsis_bulge), vast volcanic plateau centered near the equator in Mars’ western hemisphere
*[Tidal bulge](/source/Tidal_bulge), a bulge of land or water on a planet created by the pull of another object in orbit

==Military==
*[Bulge](/source/Salient_(military)), a discontinuity in an extended military front line
**[Battle of the Bulge](/source/Battle_of_the_Bulge), a major World War II German offensive on the Western front starting in 1944
**[''Bulge'' (game)](/source/Bulge_(game)), a 1980 board wargame that simulates the Battle of the Bulge
*[Anti-torpedo bulge](/source/Anti-torpedo_bulge), passive warship defence against naval torpedoes between World War I and World War II

==People==
*[Helge "Bulge" Bostrom](/source/Helge_%22Bulge%22_Bostrom) (1894–1977), Canadian professional ice hockey player

==Other==
*[Beta bulge](/source/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](/source/camel) containing its fat reservoir 
*[Bulge bracket](/source/Bulge_bracket), the world's largest and most profitable multi-national investment banks
*[Earth bulge](/source/Earth_bulge), a term used in telecommunications
*[Power bulge](/source/Power_bulge), raised part (a bulge) of the hood (bonnet) of a car
*[The Bulge](/source/The_Bulge), a mountain located in Coos County, New Hampshire

==See also==
*[Battle of the Bulge (disambiguation)](/source/Battle_of_the_Bulge_(disambiguation))
*[Crotch](/source/Crotch), in men sometimes referred to as a bulge
*[Forebulge](/source/Forebulge)
*[Hernia](/source/Hernia), sometimes referred to as a bulge or bulge out
*[South Sister Bulge](/source/South_Sister_Bulge) the oldest and most eroded of the Three Sisters (Oregon), known as "Faith"

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