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SALIENT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(military) the part of the line of battle that projects closest to the enemy
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("salient" is a kind of...):
projection (any solid convex shape that juts out from something)
Domain category:
armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)
Holonyms ("salient" is a part of...):
line of battle (a line formed by troops or ships prepared to deliver or receive an attack)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having a quality that thrusts itself into attention
Example:
a striking resemblance between parent and child
Synonyms:
outstanding; prominent; salient; spectacular; striking
Classified under:
Similar:
conspicuous (obvious to the eye or mind)
Derivation:
salience; saliency (the state of being salient)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Represented as leaping (rampant but leaning forward)
Classified under:
Similar:
inclined (at an angle to the horizontal or vertical position)
Domain category:
heraldry (the study and classification of armorial bearings and the tracing of genealogies)
Sense 3
Meaning:
(of angles) pointing outward at an angle of less than 180 degrees
Classified under:
Adjectives
Antonym:
re-entrant ((of angles) pointing inward)
