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salient
adjective(sa-li-ent)
having a quality that thrusts itself into attention
Examples:
Salient traits.
salient
noun(sa-li-ent)
(military) the part of the line of battle that projects closest to the enemy
salient
adjective(sa-li-ent)
represented as leaping (rampant but leaning forward)
salient
(sa-li-ent)
(of angles) pointing outward at an angle of less than 180 degrees
Antonyms: re-entrant,

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