About The Word Prominence
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Prominence
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What's The Definition Of Prominence?
[n] relative importance
[n] something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from a form [n] the state of being prominent: widely known or eminent Synonyms | Synonyms for Prominence: bulge | bump | excrescence | extrusion | gibbosity | gibbousness | hump | jut | protrusion | protuberance Related Terms | Find terms related to Prominence: See Also | belly | caput | frontal eminence | importance | limelight | nub | occipital protuberance | projection | public eye | salience | saliency | spotlight | standing | strikingness | wart Prominence In Webster's Dictionary \Prom"i*nence\, Prominency \Prom"i*nen*cy\, n. [L.
prominentia: cf. F. prominence. See {Prominent}. ]
1. The quality or state of being prominent; a standing out
from something; conspicuousness.
2. That which is prominent; a protuberance.
{Solar prominences}. (Astron.) See {Solar Protuberances},
under {Protuberance}.
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