salience
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salient (ˈseɪlɪənt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | prominent, conspicuous, or striking: a salient feature |
| 2. | Compare re-entrant (esp in fortifications) projecting outwards at an angle of less than 180° |
| 3. | geometry Compare re-entrant (of an angle) pointing outwards from a polygon and hence less than 180° |
| 4. | (esp of animals) leaping |
| —n | |
| 5. | military a projection of the forward line into enemy-held territory |
| 6. | a salient angle |
| [C16: from Latin salīre to leap] | |
| 'salience | |
| —n | |
| 'saliency | |
| —n | |
| 'saliently | |
| —adv | |
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Salience
is always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
Example sentences
Given the salience of this, it's of some importance to teach ourselves to make distinctions.
Each rule has a property called salience that is a kind of rule priority.
But whereas the political salience of greenery has wilted, the government's environmental policies are holding up.
At the same time, the question of the role of deterrence has taken on renewed salience abroad.
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