SALIENT
\sˈe͡ɪli͡ənt], \sˈeɪliənt], \s_ˈeɪ_l_iə_n_t]\
Definitions of SALIENT
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
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(military) the part of the line of battle that projects closest to the enemy
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represented as leaping (rampant but leaning forward)
By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Moving by leaps or springs; leaping; bounding; jumping.
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Shooting out or up; springing; projecting.
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Hence, figuratively, forcing itself on the attention; prominent; conspicuous; noticeable.
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Represented in a leaping position; as, a lion salient.
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A salient angle or part; a projection.
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Projecting outwardly; as, a salient angle; - opposed to reentering. See Illust. of Bastion.
By Oddity Software
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Moving by leaps or springs; leaping; bounding; jumping.
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Shooting out or up; springing; projecting.
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Hence, figuratively, forcing itself on the attention; prominent; conspicuous; noticeable.
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Represented in a leaping position; as, a lion salient.
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A salient angle or part; a projection.
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Projecting outwardly; as, a salient angle; - opposed to reentering. See Illust. of Bastion.
By Noah Webster.
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Leaping or bounding; outstanding; noticeable; as, salient characteristics; projecting outward; as, a salient angle.
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A projecting angle.
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Saliently.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Saliently.
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Leaping or springing: (fort.) projecting outwards, as an angle: prominent: (geom.) denoting any angle less than two right angles.
By Daniel Lyons
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Saliently.
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Standing out; projecting.
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A salient angle.
By James Champlin Fernald
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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