Definitions
1.AdjectiveWorthy of note; pertinent or relevant."The article is not exhaustive, but it covers the salient points pretty well."
2.AdjectiveProminent; conspicuous.
3.AdjectiveDepicted in a leaping posture. Gules, a reindeer salient or (arms of Vågå)."a lion salient"
4.AdjectiveProjecting outwards, pointing outwards."a salient angle"
5.AdjectiveMoving by leaps or springs; jumping.
6.AdjectiveShooting or springing out; projecting.
7.AdjectiveDenoting any angle less than two right angles.
8.NounAn outwardly projecting part of a fortification, trench system, or line of defense.
9.NounA 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.
10.NounAn 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.