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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
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, salient, spectacular, striking]
2: (of angles) pointing outward at an angle of less than 180
degrees [ant: re-entrant, reentrant]
3: represented as leaping (rampant but leaning forward)
n 1: (military) the part of the line of battle that projects
closest to the enemy
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Salient \Sa"li*ent\, a. (Fort.)
A salient angle or part; a projection.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
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.
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2. Shooting out or up; springing; projecting.
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He had in himself a salient, living spring of
generous and manly action. --Burke.
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3. Hence, figuratively, forcing itself on the attention;
prominent; conspicuous; noticeable.
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He [Grenville] had neither salient traits, nor
general comprehensiveness of mind. --Bancroft.
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4. (Math. & Fort.) Projecting outwardly; as, a salient angle;
-- opposed to reentering. See Illust. of Bastion.
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5. (Her.) Represented in a leaping position; as, a lion
salient.
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Salient angle. See Salient, a., 4.
Salient polygon (Geom.), a polygon all of whose angles are
salient.
Salient polyhedron (Geom.), a polyhedron all of whose solid
angles are salient.
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Thesaurus Results for Salient:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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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Common Misspellings > |
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