Salient

a.	1.	Moving by leaps or springs; leaping; bounding; jumping.
	2.	Shooting out or up; springing; projecting. He had in himself a salient, living spring of generous and manly action. - Burke.
	3.	Hence, figuratively, forcing itself on the attention; prominent; conspicuous; noticeable. He [Grenville] had neither salient traits, nor general comprehensiveness of mind. - Bancroft.
	4.	(Math. & Fort.) Projecting outwardly; as, a salient angle; - opposed to reëntering. See Illust. of Bastion.
	5.	(Her.) Represented in a leaping position; as, a lion salient. 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.
	1.	(Fort.) A salient angle or part; a projection.

Noun	1.	salient - (military) the part of the line of battle that projects closest to the enemy
Adj.	1.	salient - 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" Synonyms: prominent, outstanding, striking, spectacular
	2.	salient - (of angles) pointing outward at an angle of less than 180 degrees Antonyms: re-entrant, reentrant - (of angles) pointing inward; "a polygon with re-entrant angles"
	3.	salient - represented as leaping (rampant but leaning forward)

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