'Salient' definitions:
Definition of 'salient'
(from WordNet)
adjective
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]
adjective
(of angles) pointing outward at an angle of less than 180 degrees [ant: re-entrant, reentrant]
adjective
Represented as leaping (rampant but leaning forward)
noun
(military) the part of the line of battle that projects closest to the enemy
Definition of 'Salient'
From: GCIDE
- Salient \Sa"li*ent\, a. (Fort.) A salient angle or part; a projection. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Salient'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Shooting out or up; springing; projecting. [1913 Webster]
- He had in himself a salient, living spring of generous and manly action. --Burke. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Hence, figuratively, forcing itself on the attention; prominent; conspicuous; noticeable. [1913 Webster]
- He [Grenville] had neither salient traits, nor general comprehensiveness of mind. --Bancroft. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Math. & Fort.) Projecting outwardly; as, a salient angle; -- opposed to reentering. See Illust. of Bastion. [1913 Webster]
- 5. (Her.) Represented in a leaping position; as, a lion salient. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'salient'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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