Salient
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English
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Etymology
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Pronunciation
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Adjective
salient
- prominent, worthy of note; pertinent or relevant
- The article is not exhaustive, but it covers the salient points pretty well.
- (heraldry): Of an animal, usually a quadruped, depicted in a leaping posture.
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Quotations
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| ME: [[{{{enm}}}]] « | 15th c. | 16th c. | 17th c. | 18th c. | 19th c. | 20th c. | 21st c. |
- 1878 â Thomas Hardy, The Return of the Native Book 2, ch. 5
- With nearer approach these fragmentary sounds became pieced together, and were found to be the salient points of the tune called "Nancy's Fancy."
- 1898 â H. G. Wells, The War of the Worlds Book2, ch.2
- The last salient point in which the systems of these creatures differed from ours was in what one might have thought a very trivial particular.
- 1936 â H.P. Lovecraft, The Shadow Over Innsmouth
- Warning me that many of the street signs were down, the youth drew for my benefit a rough but ample and painstaking sketch map of the town's salient features.
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Antonyms
- prominent
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Translations
- prominent
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- in an heraldic posture
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Noun
salient
- (military) an outwardly projecting part of a fortification, trench system, or line of defense
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Translations
- part of a fortification
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