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prominency


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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Prominence  \Prom"i*nence\,  Prominency  \Prom"i*nen*cy\,  n.  [L. 
  prominentia:  cf  F.  prominence.  See  {Prominent}.  ] 
  1.  The  quality  or  state  of  being  prominent;  a  standing  out 
  from  something  conspicuousness. 
 
  2.  That  which  is  prominent;  a  protuberance. 
 
  {Solar  prominences}.  (Astron.)  See  {Solar  Protuberances}, 
  under  {Protuberance}.