salient

adjective · nounB1

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Tính từ

adjective
Comparative
more salient
Superlative
most salient
  1. 1.

    Worthy of note; pertinent or relevant.

    The article is not exhaustive, but it covers the salient points pretty well.

    Đồng nghĩa: pertinent, relevant, applicable, apposite, apt, felicitous, germane, in point, material, on point, on-topic, pertinent, relevant, salient, to the point, valid

  2. 2.

    Prominent; conspicuous.

    Đồng nghĩa: attention-grabbing, flashy, high-profile, attention-grabbing, conspicuous, eye-catching, flashy, glossy, grabby, high-profile, prominent, salient

  3. 3.

    (usually)(heraldry, usually of a quadruped) Depicted in a leaping posture.

    a lion salient

  4. 4.

    (often)(often military) Projecting outwards, pointing outwards.

    a salient angle

    Đồng nghĩa: outstanding, projecting, prominent, bulging, exserted, extuberant, jutting, obtrusive, outstanding, projecting, projectory, prominent, promontorial, protruding, protuberant, protuberous, salient

  5. 5.

    (obsolete)Moving by leaps or springs; jumping.

  6. 6.

    (obsolete)Shooting or springing out; projecting.

  7. 7.

    (geometry) Denoting any angle less than two right angles.

Danh từ

noun
Plural noun:
salients
  1. 1.

    (military) An outwardly projecting part of a fortification, trench system, or line of defense.

  2. 2.

    (geography) A protrusion of the administrative borders of a geopolitical entity, such as a subnational entity or a sovereign state into another geopolitical entity, generally of the same administrative level.

  3. 3.

    (geology) An overall-convex, protruding section of a sinuous fold and thrust belt, thrust sheet, or a single thrust fault, caused by one or more of: deformation (folding and faulting) of strata and geologic structures during orogenesis, differences in the angle of critical taper during orogenesis, or differing erosional level of the present geomorphological surface.

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

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Cùng gốc / liên quan

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Nguồn gốc từ

ine-pro The heraldic sense “leaping” and the sense “projecting outward” are borrowed from Latin salientem, the accusative form of saliēns (springing, leaping) (whence -ent), present participle of saliō (leap, spring).

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