salient: Meaning and Definition of

sa•li•ent

1. prominent or conspicuous: salient traits.
2. projecting or pointing outward: a salient angle.
3. leaping or jumping: a salient animal.
4. (of a beast) represented as leaping: a lion salient.

1. a salient angle or part, as the central outward-projecting angle of a bastion or an outward projection in a battle line.
2. a landform that extends out beyond its surroundings, as a spur projecting from the side of a mountain. Cf.(def. 4).