Dictionary
sa•li•ent
Pronunciation: (sā'lē-unt, sāl'yunt), [key]—
adj.
1. prominent or conspicuous:
salient traits.
2. projecting or pointing outward:
a salient angle.
3. leaping or jumping:
a salient animal.
4. Heraldry.(of a beast) represented as leaping:
a lion salient.
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n.
1. a salient angle or part, as the central outward-projecting angle of a bastion or an outward projection in a battle line.
2. Physical Geog.a landform that extends out beyond its surroundings, as a spur projecting from the side of a mountain. Cf.
reentrant (def. 4).
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.