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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
salient /ˈseɪlɪənt/
▶adjective
- 1 most noticeable or important.
- 2 (of an angle) pointing outwards. The opposite of re-entrant.
- 3 [postpos.] Heraldry (of an animal) standing on its hind legs with the forepaws raised, as if leaping.
- 1 a piece of land or section of fortification that juts out to form an angle.
- 2 an outward bulge in a military line.
– derivatives
salience noun,
saliency noun,
saliently adverb.
salience noun,
saliency noun,
saliently adverb.
– origin C16 from L. salient-, salire ‘to leap’.
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