salient
Fetched 2026-10-26 (cache).
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Adjective
- [[worthy|Worthy]] of [[note]]; [[pertinent]] or [[relevant]].
- [[prominent|Prominent]]; [[conspicuous]].
- {{lb|en|heraldry|usually of a [[quadruped]]}} Depicted in a [[leaping]] [[posture]]. [[File:Vågå komm.svg|right|thumb|Gules, a reindeer salient {{ll|en|or|id=heraldry}} (arms of {{w|Vågå}}).]]
- {{lb|en|often|military}} [[project|Projecting]] [[outwards]], [[point]]ing outwards.
- {{lb|en|obsolete}} Moving by [[leap]]s or [[spring]]s; [[jumping]].
- {{lb|en|obsolete}} Shooting or springing out; projecting.
- {{lb|en|geometry}} Denoting any [[angle]] less than two [[right angle]]s.
Noun
- {{senseid|en|Q1030752}}{{lb|en|military}} An outwardly [[project]]ing part of a [[fortification]], [[trench]] system, or line of [[defense]].
- {{lb|en|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.
- {{lb|en|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]].
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