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Antonyms for salient

Grammar : Adj
Spell : sey-lee-uhnt, seyl-yuhnt
Phonetic Transcription : ˈseɪ li ənt, ˈseɪl yənt

Definition of salient

Origin :
  • 1560s, "leaping," a heraldic term, from Latin salientem (nominative saliens), present participle of salire "to leap," from PIE root *sel- (4) "to jump" (cf. Greek hallesthai "to leap," Middle Irish saltraim "I trample," and probably Sanskrit ucchalati "rises quickly").
  • It was used in Middle English as an adjective meaning "leaping, skipping." The meaning "pointing outward" (preserved in military usage) is from 1680s; that of "prominent, striking" first recorded 1840, from salient point (1670s), which refers to the heart of an embryo, which seems to leap, and translates Latin punctum saliens, going back to Aristotle's writings. Hence, the "starting point" of anything.
  • adj noticeable, important
Example sentences :
  • On the eastern side of the salient there were five distinct attacks.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of VIII) » by Various
  • Here the Germans had a salient which was long and quite narrow.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of VIII) » by Various
  • The point of this salient was at St. Mihiel, the other side of the Meuse.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of VIII) » by Various
  • The French did not plan to make an attack on the salient at its apex.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of VIII) » by Various
  • Plava was in a salient occupying about the middle of the Austrian line.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of VIII) » by Various
  • To the north of the salient there was a railroad from Etain to Metz.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of VIII) » by Various
  • The engagements on the south of the salient were fought desperately.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of VIII) » by Various
  • Four companies of the Eighty-sixth Regiment had held the salient.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of VIII) » by Various
  • This salient was occupied by the Scots and the Coldstream Guards.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume II (of VIII) » by Various
  • But it was not our fate to meet the enemy again while in the salient.
  • Extract from : « From the St. Lawrence to the Yser with the 1st Canadian brigade » by Frederic C. Curry

Synonyms for salient

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