Definition of "salient" in English

adjective

1. Worthy of note; pertinent or relevant.

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

2. Prominent; conspicuous.

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

   • a lion salient

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

   • a salient angle

5. (obsolete) Moving by leaps or springs; jumping.

6. (obsolete) Shooting or springing out; projecting.

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

noun

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

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. (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.