salient
a. 显著的, 突出的, 跳跃的 n. 凸角, 突出部分
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An outwardly projecting part of a fortification, trench system, or line of defense.
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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.
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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.
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Worthy of note; pertinent or relevant.
The article is not exhaustive, but it covers the salient points pretty well.
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Prominent; conspicuous.
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Depicted in a leaping posture.
政治 纹章a lion salient
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Projecting outwards, pointing outwards.
政治 军事a salient angle
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Moving by leaps or springs; jumping.
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Shooting or springing out; projecting.
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Denoting any angle less than two right angles.
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The heraldic sense “leaping” and the sense “projecting outward” are borrowed from Latin salientem, the accusative form of saliēns (“springing, leaping”), present participle of saliō (“leap, spring”, verb). The senses “prominent” and “pertinent” are relatively recent, and derive from the phrase salient point, which is a calque of the Latin punctum saliēns, a translation of Aristotle's term for the embryonal heart visible in (opened) eggs, which he thought seemed to move already. Compare also the German calque der springende Punkt.
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