Sa·li·ent a.
1. Moving by leaps or springs; leaping; bounding; jumping. “Frogs and salient animals.”
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 reentering. 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.
salient angle
n : an angle pointing outward; an interior angle of a polygon
that is less than 180 degrees [ant: reentrant angle]