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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 ]
5. (Her.) Represented in a leaping position; as, a lion
salient.
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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
salient angle
n : an angle pointing outward; an interior angle of a polygon
that is less than 180 degrees [ant: reentrant angle]
From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
salient angle
Englanti n.
bastionikulma
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
salient angle /sˈeɪliənt ˈaŋɡəl/
ausspringender Winkel
see: angle, angles, plane angle, included angle, reentrant angle, shallow angle, flat angle, low angle, straight angle, optical angle, visual angle, right angle, direction angle, oblique angle, acute angle, obtuse angle, reflex angle
From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 : [ freedict:eng-hun ]
salient angle /sˈeɪliənt ˈaŋɡəl/
1. kiugró sarok
2. kiugró él
3. kiszögellés
4. kiugró szöglet
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