Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Projecting or jutting beyond a line or surface; protruding.
- adj. Strikingly conspicuous; prominent. See Synonyms at noticeable.
- adj. Springing; jumping: salient tree toads.
- n. A military position that projects into the position of the enemy.
- n. A projecting angle or part.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Leaping; bounding; jumping; moving by leaps; specifically, in herpetology, saltatorial; habitually leaping or jumping, as a frog or toad; of or pertaining to the Salientia.
- In heraldry, leaping or springing: said of a beast of prey which is represented bendwise on the escutcheon, the hind feet together at the sinister base, and the fore paws raised and usually on a level, though sometimes separate, nearly as when rampant. Also saliant, assailant, effaré.
- Shooting up or out; springing up.
- Projecting outward; convex: as, a salient angle.
- Standing out; conspicuous; prominent; striking.
- In geometry, an angle bending toward the interior of a closed figure, as an ordinary angle of a polygon: opposed to reëntrant angle.
- n. A salient angle or part; a projection.
Wiktionary
- adj. Worthy of note; pertinent or relevant.
- adj. Prominent.
- adj. heraldry Depicted in a leaping posture.
- adj. Projecting outwards, pointing outwards.
- n. military an outwardly projecting part of a fortification, trench system, or line of defense
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Moving by leaps or springs; leaping; bounding; jumping.
- adj. Shooting out or up; springing; projecting.
- adj. Hence, figuratively, forcing itself on the attention; prominent; conspicuous; noticeable.
- adj. (Math. & Fort.) Projecting outwardly; ; -- opposed to
reëntering . SeeIllust. of Bastion. - adj. (Her.) Represented in a leaping position.
- adj. (Fort.) A salient angle or part; a projection.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. represented as leaping (rampant but leaning forward)
- adj. having a quality that thrusts itself into attention
- adj. (of angles) pointing outward at an angle of less than 180 degrees
- n. (military) the part of the line of battle that projects closest to the enemy
Etymologies
- Latin saliēns, salient-, present participle of salīre, to leap. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“_Combatant_: when back to back, they are _Addorsed_: when passant or salient in contrary directions, they are _Counter passant_ or _Counter salient_.”
“April 22nd, 2010 11: 54 am ET why any free thinking american would consider ANYTHING dick cheney says as relevant, honest, unbiased, or salient is beyond me. thank god this power mad relic has been sent back to wyoming where his vitriol lands on very few ears ...”
“I always wonder how authors manage to build and build and build, all the while carefully revealing certain salient details, and then wrap it all up in the conclusion.”
“A politician who revises/revisits his previous stances on important issues to make sure they are still salient is EXACTLY what we need and EXACTLY what we have not had for the past 7+ years.”
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“And even though some of the references to prototyping tools may seem dated (Hypercard anyone?), the issues remain salient and clear for anyone using prototypes as a means to communicate with and through.”
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“The manoeuvre of the Von Rundstedt salient is now shrinking like a pricked balloon, but the Germans also can claim some success.”
“The inherent weakness of the Marne salient from the German point of view and the opportunity which it offered the Allied command had not been forgotten by the generalissimo.”
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“The word salient has appeared in 67 Times articles over the past year, including on March 31, 2010 in”
“133 If this held true in 1915, in 1917 the Ypres salient is more appalling, more hideously naked than ever.”
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Tweets
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jwjarvis As an investor, you may be wondering why this is salient to you? Oct 10, 2010
jwjarvis These schools had two salient features. Sep 14, 2010
myth This is a pretty versatile word.
salient (jumping) toads
The young lady who was shortsighted placed a pair of glasses on her salient (protruding) nose lifted her chin and deliberately examined the person on the bench. Love Among the Artists By Bernard Shaw
salient (obvious) anger
Feb 16, 2009