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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Salient \Sa"li*ent\, a. (Fort.)
     A salient angle or part; a projection.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Salient \Sa"li*ent\, a. [L. saliens, -entis, p. pr. of salire to
     leap; cf. F. saillant. See Sally, n. & v. i..]
     1. Moving by leaps or springs; leaping; bounding; jumping.
        ``Frogs and salient animals.'' --Sir T. Browne.
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     2. Shooting out or up; springing; projecting.
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              He had in himself a salient, living spring of
              generous and manly action.            --Burke.
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     3. Hence, figuratively, forcing itself on the attention;
        prominent; conspicuous; noticeable.
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              He [Grenville] had neither salient traits, nor
              general comprehensiveness of mind.    --Bancroft.
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     4. (Math. & Fort.) Projecting outwardly; as, a salient angle;
        -- opposed to re["e]ntering. See Illust. of Bastion.
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     5. (Her.) Represented in a leaping position; as, a lion
        salient.
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     Salient angle. See Salient, a., 4.
  
     Salient polygon (Geom.), a polygon all of whose angles are
        salient.
  
     Salient polyhedron (Geom.), a polyhedron all of whose solid
        angles are salient.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Salient \Sa"li*ent\, a. [L. saliens, -entis, p. pr. of salire to
     leap; cf. F. saillant. See Sally, n. & v. i..]
     1. Moving by leaps or springs; leaping; bounding; jumping.
        ``Frogs and salient animals.'' --Sir T. Browne.
  
     2. Shooting out or up; springing; projecting.
  
              He had in himself a salient, living spring of
              generous and manly action.            --Burke.
  
     3. Hence, figuratively, forcing itself on the attention;
        prominent; conspicuous; noticeable.
  
              He [Grenville] had neither salient traits, nor
              general comprehensiveness of mind.    --Bancroft.
  
     4. (Math. & Fort.) Projecting outwardly; as, a salient angle;
        -- opposed to re["e]ntering. See Illust. of Bastion.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Salient \Sa"li*ent\, a. (Fort.)
     A salient angle or part; a projection.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  salient
       adj 1: 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"
              [syn: outstanding, prominent, spectacular, striking]
       2: (of angles) pointing outward at an angle of less than 180
          degrees [ant: re-entrant]
       3: represented as leaping (rampant but leaning forward) [syn: salient(ip)]
       n : (military) the part of the line of battle that projects
           closest to the enemy

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  salient
     Αγγλικά a.
     εξέχων, σοβαρός, σημαντικός

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  salient
     Latin vb.
     (inflection of la saliō  3 p futr actv indc)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  salient
     a.
     1 worthy of note; pertinent or relevant.
     2 prominent; conspicuous.
     n.
     (senseid en Q1030752)(lb en military) An outwardly projecting part of
  a fortification, trench system, or line of defense.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  salient
     Latin vb.
     (inflection of la saliō  3 p futr actv indc)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  salient
     Latin vb.
     (inflection of la saliō  3 p futr actv indc)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  salient
     Englanti a.
     1 tärkeä, pää-, huomattava, keskeinen
     2 (''heraldiikan eläinhahmosta'') hypätä, loikata
     Englanti n.
     (yhteys sodankäynti k=en) rintamakiila

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  salient
     Engelska a.
     1 utskjutande
     2 (tagg heraldik språk=en) hoppande, i språng
     3 bemärkansvärd, springande, utmärkande
     Engelska n.
     utskjutande parti av befästningsverk

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Salient /sˈeɪliənt/
  النتوء

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  salient //ˈseɪ.li.ənt// //ˈseɪ.ljənt// 
  1. подскачащ
  in a leaping posture
  2. изпъкващ, очевиден
  prominent
  3. забележителен
  worthy of note

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  salient //ˈseɪ.li.ənt// //ˈseɪ.ljənt// 
  издаденост
  part of a fortification

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  salient /sˈeɪliənt/ 
  význačný