salient (
http://definr.com/salient)
adj 1: 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"
[syn:
outstanding,
prominent,
spectacular,
striking]
2: (of angles) pointing outward at an angle of less than 180
degrees [ant:
re-entrant]
3: (heraldry) represented as leaping (rampant but leaning
forward) [syn:
salient(ip)]
n : (military) the part of the line of battle that projects
closest to the enemy