salients

noun

(military) An outwardly projecting part of a fortification, trench system, or line of defense.

(geography) 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.

(geology) 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.

adjective

Prominent; conspicuous.

Worthy of note; pertinent or relevant.

(often military) Projecting outwards, pointing outwards.

(geometry) Denoting any angle less than two right angles.

(heraldry, usually of a quadruped) Depicted in a leaping posture.

(obsolete) Shooting or springing out; projecting.

(obsolete) Moving by leaps or springs; jumping.

Roots

sult-leap · Latin salio

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