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Salient angle

Salient \Sa"li*ent\, a. [L. saliens, -entis, p. pr. of salire to leap; cf. F. saillant. See Sally, n. & v. i..]

  1. Moving by leaps or springs; leaping; bounding; jumping. ``Frogs and salient animals.''
    --Sir T. Browne.

  2. Shooting out or up; springing; projecting.

    He had in himself a salient, living spring of generous and manly action.
    --Burke.

  3. Hence, figuratively, forcing itself on the attention; prominent; conspicuous; noticeable.

    He [Grenville] had neither salient traits, nor general comprehensiveness of mind.
    --Bancroft.

  4. (Math. & Fort.) Projecting outwardly; as, a salient angle; -- opposed to re["e]ntering. See Illust. of Bastion.

  5. (Her.) Represented in a leaping position; as, a lion salient.

    Salient angle. See Salient, a., 4.

    Salient polygon (Geom.), a polygon all of whose angles are salient.

    Salient polyhedron (Geom.), a polyhedron all of whose solid angles are salient.

WordNet
salient angle

n. an angle pointing outward; an interior angle of a polygon that is less than 180 degrees [ant: reentrant angle]

Usage examples of "salient angle".

Enough rocks had piled in front of the western wall to form a salient angle, a wedge-shaped mass that tended to deflect rolling missiles to the right or left of the target.