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salient
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salient
1. Geometry (of an angle) pointing outwards from a polygon and hence less than 180°
2. (esp of animals) leaping
3. a salient angle
salient [′sāl·yənt]
(geology)
A landform that projects or extends outward or upward from its surroundings.
An area in which the axial traces of folds are convex toward the outer edge of the folded belt.
salient
Describing any projecting part or member, as a salient corner.
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3) Thus inquiry's organization of the world is always partial, and cast in terms of the saliencies found expressing the self and communities of inquirers.
Reason's personal and public roles in meeting snow's challenge by Blatz, Charles V. / Forum on Public Policy: A Journal of the Oxford Round Table
There are advantages to eliminating saliencies in this manner, becoming attuned to the slightest incidents.
Close encountered by Shiff, Richard / Artforum International
 
 
 
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