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prominence definition

promi·nence (präm′ə nəns)

noun

  1. the state or quality of being prominent
  2. something that is prominent or that sticks out, as a hill
  3. Astron. any of the luminous clouds of solar gas arching from the chromosphere into the much hotter corona: best seen at the edge of the sun, as during an eclipse

Etymology: < MFr < L prominentia < prominens: see prominent

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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