Definitions of salient [ˈseɪ li ənt, ˈseɪl yənt]

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Definition of 'salient'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (adj.) salient
prominent or conspicuous:
salient features.

2. salient
projecting or pointing outward.

3. salient
leaping or jumping:
a salient animal.

4. (n.) salient
a salient angle or part; an outward projection.

Etymology: (1945–50; < NL Salienti(a) (L: neut. pl. of saliēns; see salient ) + -an¹)

Definition of 'salient'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (adj) salient
(military) the part of the line of battle that projects closest to the enemy

2. (adj) outstanding, prominent, salient, spectacular, striking
having a quality that thrusts itself into attention
"an outstanding fact of our time is that nations poisoned by anti semitism proved less fortunate in regard to their own freedom"; "a new theory is the most prominent feature of the book"; "salient traits"; "a spectacular rise in prices"; "a striking thing about Picadilly Circus is the statue of Eros in the center"; "a striking resemblance between parent and child"

3. (adj) salient
(of angles) pointing outward at an angle of less than 180 degrees

4. (adj) salient(ip)
represented as leaping (rampant but leaning forward)

Definition of 'salient'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adj) salient
a salient angle or part; a projection

2. (verb) salient
moving by leaps or springs; leaping; bounding; jumping

3. (verb) salient
shooting out or up; springing; projecting

4. (verb) salient
hence, figuratively, forcing itself on the attention; prominent; conspicuous; noticeable

5. (verb) salient
projecting outwardly; as, a salient angle; -- opposed to reentering. See Illust. of Bastion

6. (verb) salient
represented in a leaping position; as, a lion salient

Translation of 'salient'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: main; chief; most noticeable What were the salient points of his speech?
Afrikaans: belangrik	Arabic: بارِز، مَلْحوظ، رئيسي	Bulgarian: очебиен
Brazilian: principal	Czech: význačný	German: springend
Danish: vigtig	Greek: εμφανής, επικρατέστερος,	Spanish: destacado; principal
Estonian: väljapaistvaim, põhiline	Farsi: نمايان؛چشمگير	Finnish: tärkein
French: saillant	Hebrew: עִיקָרִי	Hindi: मुख्य
Croatian: koji se ističe, upadljiv	Hungarian: kiemelkedő	Indonesian: utama
Icelandic: megin-, höfuð-; mest áber	Italian: saliente, rilevante	Japanese: 主な
Korean: 두드러진, 현저한	Lithuanian: esminis, pagrindinis	Latvian: būtisks; svarīgs; ievēroj
Malay: menonjol	Dutch: in het oog vallend	Norwegian: hoved-, viktigst; iøynefa
Polish: najistotniejszy, główny	Persian: نمايان؛چشمگير	Pashto: وتلۍ، څرګند، نامتو
Portuguese: principal	Romanian: proeminent	Russian: бросающийся в глаза
Slovak: význačný, hlavný	Slovenian: izstopajoč	Serbian: istaknut
Swedish: framträdande, iögonfallan	Thai: ที่เป็นลักษณะเด่น	Turkish: göze çarpan, dikkat çeken
Taiwanese: 突出的，顯著的	Ukrainian: характерний; такий, що вп	Urdu: نمایاں
Vietnamese: nổi bật	Chinese: 主要的，显著的
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