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What is the adjective for saliences?

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salient
  1. Worthy of note; pertinent or relevant.
  2. Prominent; conspicuous.
  3. (quadruped) Depicted in a leaping posture.
  4. (often military) Projecting outwards, pointing outwards.
  5. (obsolete) Moving by leaps or springs; jumping.
  6. (obsolete) Shooting or springing out; projecting.
  7. Synonyms:
  8. Examples:
    1. “Another salient point of his preface is the corruption of contemporary eighteenth-century doctors.”
      “The second salient feature of this engineering plan is that all trees were to be removed.”
      “The sides of the grooves form angles that are alternately salient and reentrant.”
saliant
  1. (heraldry) Alternative form of salient
  2. Examples:
    1. “Full programme of sightseeing of the Somme and Ypres Saliant.”
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