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salience

[ sey-lee-uh ns, seyl-yuh ns ]

/ ˈseɪ li əns, ˈseɪl yəns /

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noun

the state or condition of being salient.

a salient or projecting object, part, or feature.

Origin of salience

First recorded in 1830–40; see origin at salient, -ence

Words nearby salience

salicylamide, salicylate, salicylic, salicylic acid, salicylism, salience, saliency, salient, salientian, salieri, saliferous

Example sentences from the Web for salience

Some have disputed the salience of Vietnam for the Afghan strategy debate.

What Obama Learned From My Book |Gordon M. Goldstein |December 11, 2009 |DAILY BEAST
Her eyes were bright and resolute, and the lamplight threw into salience the curve of her jaw and chin.

Command |William McFee
In the Khorsabad relief (Fig. 107) the salience of these horns is less marked.

A History of Art in Chalda & Assyria, v. 1 |Georges Perrot
By constricting187 the waist it accentuates the salience of the bosom and hips.

Woman and Womanhood |C. W. Saleeby

For it is, I am compelled to think, the salience of personality.

Painted Windows |Harold Begbie
It is a salience complete, dominating, unapproached, but one which must infallibly diminish with time.

Painted Windows |Harold Begbie