 4 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
salient
adjective
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: represented as leaping (rampant but leaning forward) [syn: {salient(ip)}]
noun: (military) the part of the line of battle that projects
closest to the enemy
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Salient \Sa"li*ent\, adjective (Fort.)
A salient angle or part; a projection.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Salient \Sa"li*ent\, adjective [L. saliens, -entis, p. pr. of salire to
leap; cf. F. saillant. See {Sally}, noun & verb (used without an object).]
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}.
5. (Her.) Represented in a leaping position; as, a lion
salient.
{Salient angle}. See {Salient}, adjective, 4.
{Salient polygon} (Geom.), a polygon all of whose angles are
salient.
{Salient polyhedron} (Geom.), a polyhedron all of whose solid
angles are salient.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
128 Moby Thesaurus words for "salient":
airspace, area, arrant, arresting, bas-relief, bellying, belt,
blatant, bold, boldness, bulging, celebrated, chief, confines,
conspicuous, continental shelf, corridor, country, department,
distinctive, distinguished, distinguishing, district, division,
embossment, eminence, eminent, emissile, environs, esteemed,
estimable, exceptional, excrescence, excrescency, excrescent,
excrescential, extraordinary, extruding, extrusion, flagrant,
gibbosity, gibbousness, glaring, ground, hanging out, heartland,
high relief, hinterland, important, impressive, in relief,
in the foreground, intrusive, jutting, land, low relief, marked,
memorable, milieu, moving, neighborhood, noble, notable,
noteworthy, noticeable, notorious, obtrusive, obvious, of mark,
offshore rights, ostensible, outstanding, part, parts, pertinent,
place, precincts, premises, prestigious, primary, principal,
prognathous, projecting, projection, prominence, prominent,
pronounced, protrudent, protruding, protrusile, protrusion,
protrusive, protuberance, protuberancy, protuberant, protuberating,
purlieus, quarter, rare, region, relief, remarkable, rememberable,
reputable, salience, section, signal, significant, soil, space,
special, staring, stark-staring, sticking out, striking, telling,
terrain, territory, three-mile limit, tuberosity, tuberousness,
twelve-mile limit, unforgettable, unique, vicinage, vicinity,
weighty, zone
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