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1. Having a quality that thrusts itself into attention
   "salient traits";
   - outstanding, prominent, spectacular, striking
    
2. (of angles) pointing outward at an angle of less than 180 degrees
    
3. (heraldry) represented as leaping (rampant but leaning forward)

1. (military) the part of the line of battle that projects closest to the enemy

Derived forms: salients

See also: conspicuous, inclined

Type of: projection

Antonym: re-entrant

Part of: line of battle

Encyclopedia: Salient