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salient |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Salient \Sa"li*ent\, a. [L. saliens, -entis, p. pr of salire to leap; cf F. saillant See {Sally}, n. & v. i..] 1. Moving by leaps or springs; leaping; bounding; jumping. ``Frogs and salient animals.'' --Sir T. Browne. 2. Shooting out or up springing; projecting. He had in himself a salient, living spring of generous and manly action --Burke. 3. Hence figuratively, forcing itself on the attention; prominent; conspicuous; noticeable. He [Grenville] had neither salient traits, nor general comprehensiveness of mind. --Bancroft. 4. (Math. & Fort.) Projecting outwardly; as a salient angle; -- opposed to {re["e]ntering}. See Illust. of {Bastion}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Salient \Sa"li*ent\, a. (Fort.) A salient angle or part a projection. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: salient adj 1: having a quality that thrusts itself into attention; "an outstanding fact of our time is that nations poisoned by anti semitism proved less fortunate in regard to their own freedom"; "a new theory is the most prominent feature of the book"; "salient traits"; "a spectacular rise in prices"; "a striking thing about Picadilly Circus is the statue of Eros in the center"; "a striking resemblance between parent and child" [syn: {outstanding}, {prominent}, {spectacular}, {striking}] 2: (of angles) pointing outward at an angle of less than 180 degrees [ant: {re-entrant}] 3: (heraldry) represented as leaping (rampant but leaning forward) [syn: {salient(ip)}] n : (military) the part of the line of battle that projects closest to the enemy
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