Thesaurus: salient

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1. v. i. Moving by leaps or springs; leaping; bounding; jumping.
2. v. i. Shooting out or up; springing; projecting.
3. v. i. Hence, figuratively, forcing itself on the attention; prominent; conspicuous; noticeable.
4. v. i. Projecting outwardly; as, a salient angle; -- opposed to reentering. See Illust. of Bastion.
5. v. i. Represented in a leaping position; as, a lion salient.
6. a. A salient angle or part; a projection.
7. adj. having a quality that thrusts itself into attention
8. adj. (of angles) pointing outward at an angle of less than 180 degrees
9. adj. represented as leaping (rampant but leaning forward)
10. n. (military) the part of the line of battle that projects closest to the enemy
11. Projectiong outwardly; as, a salient angle; -- opposed toreëntering. See Illust. of Bastion.