salient

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - noun

(military) the part of the line of battle that projects closest to the enemy
• Topics:
military, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine
• Hypernyms:
projection
• Part Holonyms:
line of battle

II - adjective

1. having a quality that thrusts itself into attention (Freq. 3)
- 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
• Similar to:
conspicuous
• Derivationally related forms:
strikingness (for: striking), spectacle (for: spectacular), saliency, salience
2. (of angles) pointing outward at an angle of less than 180 degrees
• Ant:
re-entrant
3. represented as leaping (rampant but leaning forward)
• Similar to:
inclined
• Topics:
heraldry

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  salient(ip), outstanding, prominent, spectacular, striking
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  re-entrant, reentrant