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English Dictionary: salient	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for salient
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
salient adj 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" Synonym(s): outstanding, prominent, salient, spectacular, striking (of angles) pointing outward at an angle of less than 180 degrees Antonym(s): re-entrant, reentrant represented as leaping (rampant but leaning forward) n (military) the part of the line of battle that projects closest to the enemy
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Salient \Sa"lient\, a. (Fort.) A salient* angle or part; a projection.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Salient \Sa"lient\, 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. [bd]Frogs and salient* animals.[b8] --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[89]ntering}. See Illust. of {Bastion}.