| ADJECTIVE | all | salient, outstanding, prominent, spectacular, striking | having a quality that thrusts itself into attention |
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| all | salient | (of angles) pointing outward at an angle of less than 180 degrees | |
| all | salient | represented as leaping (rampant but leaning forward) | |
| NOUN | location | salient | (military) the part of the line of battle that projects closest to the enemy |
| Sounds | sey'liyahnt; sey'lyahnt | |
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| Rhymes | abandonment ... wonderment: 671 rhymes with ahnt... | |
| Meaning | Having a quality that thrusts itself into attention. | |
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| Example | "salient traits" | |
| Synonyms | outstanding, prominent, spectacular, striking | |
| Broader | conspicuous | obvious to the eye or mind |
| Spanish | conspicuo, destacado, espectacular, prominente, saliente, sorprendente | |
| Catalan | destacat, espectacular, prominent, sorprenent | |
| Nouns | salience, saliency | the state of being salient |
| Meaning | (of angles) pointing outward at an angle of less than 180 degrees. | |
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| Opposite | re-entrant, reentrant | (of angles) pointing inward |
| Meaning | represented as leaping (rampant but leaning forward). | |
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| Category | heraldry | The study and classification of armorial bearings and the tracing of genealogies |
| Broader | inclined | At an angle to the horizontal or vertical position |
| Meaning | (military) the part of the line of battle that projects closest to the enemy. | |
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| Category | military, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine | The military forces of a nation |
| Part of | line of battle | A line formed by troops or ships prepared to deliver or receive an attack |
| Broader | projection | Any solid convex shape that juts out from something |
| Spanish | vanguardia | |
| Catalan | avantguarda | |
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