| salient | 1. Moving by leaps or springs; leaping; bounding; jumping. "Frogs and salient animals." 2. Shooting out 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. <mathematics> Projectiong outwardly; as, a salient angle; opposed to reentering. 5. Represented in a leaping position; as, a lion salient. Salient angle. See Salient. <geometry> Salient polygon, a polyhedron all of whose solid angles are salient. Origin: L. Saliens, -entis, p.pr. Of salire to leap; cf. F. Saillant. See Sally, &. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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outstanding: 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" (of angles) pointing outward at an angle of less than 180 degrees salient(ip): represented as leaping (rampant but leaning forward) (military) the part of the line of battle that projects closest to the enemy
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Wall projection, arrowhead.
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an outwardly projecting part of a fortification or defensive line
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[See SALIANT.]
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strikingly conspicuous or prominent
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| salient | (military) the part of the line of battle that projects closest to the enemy |
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| salient | having a quality that thrusts itself into attention |
| salient | (heraldry) represented as leaping (rampant but leaning forward) |
| salient | (of angles) pointing outward at an angle of less than 180 degrees |
| salient | an angle pointing outward |
| salient | frogs, toads, tree toads |
| salient | any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping |
| salient | (zoology) relating to frogs and toads |
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