salient

salient Definition

sa·lient (sāl′yənt, sā′lē ənt)

adjective

Etymology: L saliens, prp. of salire, to leap < IE base *sel-, to jump > Gr halma, a leap

noun

the part of a battle line, trench, fort, etc. which projects farthest toward the enemy
a salient angle, part, etc.

salient Related Forms

sa′·lience noun or sa′·liency

pl. -·cies

sa′·liently adverb

salient Synonyms

modif.

salient Usage Examples

Converse of object

become: This difference will become more salient with the development of further tools for computer simulation, which has already begun.
make: Considering the rogue cases just makes the true order salient.

Adjective complement with noun phrase

make: The media seem to be particularly influential in making some issues more salient than others.

Adjective modifier

more: This difference will become more salient with the development of further tools for computer simulation, which has already begun.
most: What follows is not a review of Playback, but my notes of the points I found most salient.
reverse: A purely technological version of reverse salients ( Hughes et al.

Modifies a noun

feature: We now describe some of the salient features of the example.
point: Show the ability to put the salient points across in a few words.
characteristic: The most salient phonetic characteristics will be listed in table 1 below.
fact: Still, nothing changes the salient facts on the ground.
aspect: However a brief description of the salient aspects is relevant to the present discussion.
angle: Halfmoon an outwork, crescent shaped or with two faces forming a salient angle.

Modifying Another Word

perceptually: The data show that the difference in the two patterns is perceptually salient.
particularly: The blurring of these boundaries is particularly salient in many African contexts.
highly: This can provide highly salient problems with immediate tangible feedback.
very: Nick also makes some very salient points in his newly revised Preface.
especially: Support and feedback could be important in this process, and especially salient for on school placement.
politically: It was now seen as being more politically salient than when launched a year ago.

Used with adjective complement

become: This idea of ' difference '10 becomes particularly salient within the contemporary Balkan context.
seem: In discussing the question of the historiography of contemporary art, two factors seem particularly salient.

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