单词 | prominence |
释义 | prominence/ˈprɒmɪnəns /noun [mass noun] 1The state of being important, famous, or noticeable: she came to prominence as an artist in the 1960s [in singular]: the commission gave the case a prominence which it might otherwise have escaped...
Synonyms fame, celebrity, eminence, pre-eminence, importance, distinction, greatness, note, notability, prestige, stature, standing, position, rank, renown, repute, illustriousness, acclaim, influence, account, consequence, visibility good coverage, close attention, importance, precedence, weight, a high profile, top billing, noticeability 2The fact or state of projecting from something: radiographs showed enlargement of the right heart with prominence of the pulmonary outflow tract...
2.1 [count noun] A thing that projects from something, such as a projecting feature of the landscape or a protuberance on a part of the body: the steep, rocky prominence resembled a snow-capped mountain...
Synonyms hillock, hill, hummock, mound, outcrop, spur, rise, tor, ridge, peak, pinnacle, elevation; promontory, cliff, crag, headland, height; French arête protuberance, projection, swelling, bump, bulge, lump technical process, bulla 2.2 [count noun] Astronomy A stream of incandescent gas projecting above the sun’s chromosphere.The clouds will just impede your direct view and the light of corona, chromosphere, and prominences may trickle through....
Derivativesprominency
OriginLate 16th century (denoting something that juts out): from obsolete French, from Latin prominentia 'jutting out', from the verb prominere (see prominent). Rhymes |
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