Definition of salient

• v. i. - Moving by leaps or springs; leaping; bounding; jumping.
• v. i. - Shooting out or up; springing; projecting.
• v. i. - Hence, figuratively, forcing itself on the attention; prominent; conspicuous; noticeable.
• v. i. - Projecting outwardly; as, a salient angle; -- opposed to reentering. See Illust. of Bastion.
• v. i. - Represented in a leaping position; as, a lion salient.
• a. - A salient angle or part; a projection.