salient
An outwardly projecting part of a fortification, trench system, or line of defenseAn outwardly projecting part of a fortification, trench system, or line of defense.
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» Unfortunately, munificence is not one of the salient features of my husband.
Generosität zählt leider nicht zu den hervorstechenden Eigenschaften meines Ehemannes. — Lenjo
Lenjo · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
3 sensesAn outwardly projecting part of a fortification, trench system, or line of defense.
Frontvorsprung, Frontbogen, Frontausbuchtung
вы́ступvýstup
(military) the part of the line of battle that projects closest to the enemy
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.
Zipfel, Gebietszipfel, Landzipfel
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.
Examples
6 sentencesUnfortunately, munificence is not one of the salient features of my husband.
deGenerosität zählt leider nicht zu den hervorstechenden Eigenschaften meines Ehemannes. — Lenjo
I'm spending seven out of five of my working days writing pseudo-salient quips.
Sami was a salient suspect.
deSami war ein auffälliger Verdächtiger. — GaryGaryGary
Yanni was a salient suspect.
Yes, it is heavy, but I would not consider its weight one of its salient features.
ruДа, он тяжёлый, но я бы не стал считать вес одной из его ключевых особенностей. — Nattiko
Translations
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Origin
The heraldic sense “leaping” and the sense “projecting outward” are borrowed from Latin saThe 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”, verb). The senses “prominent” and “pertinent” are relatively recent, and derive from the phrase salient point, which is a calque of the Latin punctum saliēns, a translation of Aristotle's term for the embryonal heart visible in (opened) eggs, which he thought seemed to move already. Compare also the German calque der springende Punkt.
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plural: salientsAntonyms
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2 related wordsSee also
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