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Nouns
1. (n.) salient;
  - (military) the part of the line of battle that projects closest to the enemy;

Adjectives
1. (adj.) outstanding, prominent, salient, spectacular, striking;
  - 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”;

2. (adj.) salient;
  - (of angles) pointing outward at an angle of less than 180 degrees;

3. (adj.) salient;
  - represented as leaping (rampant but leaning forward);

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