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salient |
Grep of noun salient salient salient angle salientia salientian Overview of noun salient The noun salient has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. salient -- ((military) the part of the line of battle that projects closest to the enemy) Overview of adj salient The adj salient has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (3) outstanding, prominent, salient, spectacular, striking -- (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 prices"; "a striking thing about Picadilly Circus is the statue of Eros in the center"; "a striking resemblance between parent and child") 2. salient -- ((of angles) pointing outward at an angle of less than 180 degrees) 3. salient -- ((heraldry) represented as leaping (rampant but leaning forward)) Antonyms of adj salient 3 senses of salient Sense 1 outstanding, prominent, salient, spectacular, striking INDIRECT (VIA conspicuous) -> inconspicuous, invisible Sense 2 salient (vs. re-entrant) re-entrant (vs. salient), reentrant Sense 3 salient(predicate) INDIRECT (VIA vertical, inclined) -> horizontal INDIRECT (VIA inclined, horizontal) -> vertical, perpendicular Similarity of adj salient 3 senses of salient Sense 1 outstanding, prominent, salient, spectacular, striking => conspicuous (vs. inconspicuous), obvious Sense 2 salient (vs. re-entrant) Sense 3 salient(predicate) => inclined (vs. horizontal) (vs. vertical) Attributes of adj salient Familiarity of adj salient salient used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count = 3) Grep of adj salient salient salientian Overview of noun salient The noun salient has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. salient -- ((military) the part of the line of battle that projects closest to the enemy) Overview of adj salient The adj salient has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (3) outstanding, prominent, salient, spectacular, striking -- (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 prices"; "a striking thing about Picadilly Circus is the statue of Eros in the center"; "a striking resemblance between parent and child") 2. salient -- ((of angles) pointing outward at an angle of less than 180 degrees) 3. salient -- ((heraldry) represented as leaping (rampant but leaning forward))
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