[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

salient \sa"lient\, a. l. saliens, -entis, p. pr. of salire to
   leap; cf. f. saillant. see sally, n.  v. i..
   1. moving by leaps or springs; leaping; bounding; jumping.
      "frogs and salient animals." --sir t. browne.
      1913 webster

   2. shooting out or up; springing; projecting.
      1913 webster

            he had in himself a salient, living spring of
            generous and manly action.            --burke.
      1913 webster

   3. hence, figuratively, forcing itself on the attention;
      prominent; conspicuous; noticeable.
      1913 webster

            he grenville had neither salient traits, nor
            general comprehensiveness of mind.    --bancroft.
      1913 webster

   4. math.  fort. projecting outwardly; as, a salient angle;
      -- opposed to reentering. see illust. of bastion.
      1913 webster

   5. her. represented in a leaping position; as, a lion
      salient.
      1913 webster

   salient angle. see salient, a., 4.

   salient polygon geom., a polygon all of whose angles are
      salient.

   salient polyhedron geom., a polyhedron all of whose solid
      angles are salient.
      1913 webster
see also:
sally reentering bastion salient angle salient salient polygon 
salient polyhedron 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

salient \sa"lient\, a. fort.
   a salient angle or part; a projection.
   1913 webster

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

salient
     adj 1: 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"
            syn: outstanding, prominent, spectacular, striking
     2: of angles pointing outward at an angle of less than 180
        degrees ant: re-entrant
     3: represented as leaping rampant but leaning forward syn: salientip
     n : military the part of the line of battle that projects
         closest to the enemy
see also:
outstanding prominent spectacular striking re-entrant salientip 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

128 moby thesaurus words for "salient":
   airspace, area, arrant, arresting, bas-relief, bellying, belt,
   blatant, bold, boldness, bulging, celebrated, chief, confines,
   conspicuous, continental shelf, corridor, country, department,
   distinctive, distinguished, distinguishing, district, division,
   embossment, eminence, eminent, emissile, environs, esteemed,
   estimable, exceptional, excrescence, excrescency, excrescent,
   excrescential, extraordinary, extruding, extrusion, flagrant,
   gibbosity, gibbousness, glaring, ground, hanging out, heartland,
   high relief, hinterland, important, impressive, in relief,
   in the foreground, intrusive, jutting, land, low relief, marked,
   memorable, milieu, moving, neighborhood, noble, notable,
   noteworthy, noticeable, notorious, obtrusive, obvious, of mark,
   offshore rights, ostensible, outstanding, part, parts, pertinent,
   place, precincts, premises, prestigious, primary, principal,
   prognathous, projecting, projection, prominence, prominent,
   pronounced, protrudent, protruding, protrusile, protrusion,
   protrusive, protuberance, protuberancy, protuberant, protuberating,
   purlieus, quarter, rare, region, relief, remarkable, rememberable,
   reputable, salience, section, signal, significant, soil, space,
   special, staring, stark-staring, sticking out, striking, telling,
   terrain, territory, three-mile limit, tuberosity, tuberousness,
   twelve-mile limit, unforgettable, unique, vicinage, vicinity,
   weighty, zone

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