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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
prominence/ˈprɒmɪnəns/

▶noun

1 the state of being prominent.

2 a thing that projects from something.
■ Astronomy a stream of incandescent gas projecting above the sun's chromosphere.

'prominence' also found in these Oxford entries:

bulla - caruncle - comeback - concertante - cusp - eclipse - emerge - emergent - emphasis - focus - map - mastoid process - olecranon - tall poppy syndrome - tonic - tragus - upstart - visible

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