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sa·lient (sālyənt, sālē ənt)

adjective

    1. leaping, jumping, or capering
    2. gushing or jetting forth
  1. pointing outward; jutting or projecting, as an angle
  2. standing out from the rest; noticeable; conspicuous; prominent

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

noun

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

salient Related Forms
sa·lience noun or sa·liency

pl. -·cies

sa·liently adverb
salient Synonyms

salient

modif.

  1. Prominent

    remarkable, notable, striking; see conspicuous 1, famous.

  2. Projecting

    jutting, swelling, bowed; see hilly, prominent 1.

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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