salient
Pronunciation Adjective
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Pronunciation Adjective
salient
- Worthy of note; pertinent or relevant.
- Synonyms: pertinent, relevant, Thesaurus:pertinent
- The article is not exhaustive, but it covers the salient points pretty well.
- Prominent; conspicuous.
- Antonyms: obscure, trivial
- 1834, George Bancroft, History of the United States of America, from the discovery of the American continent
- He [Grenville] had neither salient traits, nor general comprehensiveness of mind.
- (heraldry, usually of a quadruped) Depicted in a leaping posture.
- a lion salient
- (often military) Projecting outwards, pointing outwards.
- a salient angle
- (obsolete) Moving by leaps or springs; jumping.
- 1646, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica
- frogs and salient animals
- 1646, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica
- (obsolete) Shooting or springing out; projecting.
- He had in himself a salient, living spring of generous and manly action.
- (geometry) Denoting any angle less than two right angles.
- French: pertinent
- German: hervorstechend, wesentlich
- Italian: saliente, rilevante, degno di nota, pertinente
- Russian: замечательный
- French: saillant
- Russian: выдаю́щийся
- Russian: ска́чущий
salient (plural salients)
- (military) An outwardly projecting part of a fortification, trench system, or line of defense.
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