From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Salient \Sa"li*ent\, a. (Fort.)
A salient angle or part; a projection.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.
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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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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
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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