standing out conspicuously
salient characteristics
most noticeable or important
the salient points of a theory
projecting beyond a line or level
said of an angle, point, etc: pointing upward or outward: compare re-entrant1
said of an animal: moving by leaps or springs
said of a heraldic representation of an animal, e.g. a frog: depicted as if leaping or bounding
salience noun
saliency /-si/ noun
saliently adv
[Latin salient-, saliens, present part. of salire to leap]