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salient::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
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| Synonyms | outstanding, prominent, spectacular, striking |
| Derivation | salience, saliency |
salient traits.
salient::noun | Spocien Dictionary
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| Type of | projection |
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Examples of salient
salient
The outflow of capital was another salient characteristic of Jiang's governance.
From the theepochtimes.com
The issue becomes a bit more salient when you think about something like search.
From the economist.com
We get so caught up in the hype of having this we forget the most salient thing.
From the iftomm2003.com
Chris Tucker is an actor who will for ever be associated with one, salient fact.
From the guardian.co.uk
The software focuses on salient events such as a person on the edge of the pitch.
From the sciencedaily.com
The more salient issue is the Majors in recent years have become more accessible.
From the irishtimes.com
The most politically salient objections to the third runway are to do with noise.
From the economist.com
One salient and sensitive question appears to have been settled by his publisher.
From the charlotteobserver.com
The scrutiny in British politics strikes many outsiders as its salient feature.
From the economist.com
- (military) the part of the line of battle that projects closest to the enemy
- Outstanding: having a quality that thrusts itself into attention; "an outstanding fact of our time is that nations poisoned by anti semitism proved less fortunate in regard to their own freedom"; "a new theory is the most prominent feature of the book"; "salient traits"; "a spectacular rise in ...
- (of angles) pointing outward at an angle of less than 180 degrees
- Salient(ip): represented as leaping (rampant but leaning forward)
- (salience) the state of being salient
- A panhandle is an informal geographic term for an elongated arm-like protrusion of a geo-political entity, such as a subnational entity or a sovereign state. The term "panhandle" derives from the analogous part of a cooking pan, and its use is generally confined to the United States. ...
- Salient is the weekly students' magazine of the Victoria University of Wellington Students' Association (VUWSA) at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. Salient was established in 1938 and originally published in newspaper format, but has lately become a magazine. ...
- In military terms, a salient is a battlefield feature that projects into enemy territory. Therefore, the salient is surrounded by the enemy on three sides, making the troops occupying the salient vulnerable. ...
