Meaning of PROMINENCE
| Pronunciation: | | 'prâmununs
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- [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
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| | Synonyms: | | bulge, bump, excrescence, extrusion, gibbosity, gibbousness, hump, jut, protrusion, protuberance |
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| | Antonyms: | | obscurity | | |
| | See Also: | | belly, caput, frontal eminence, importance, limelight, nub, occipital protuberance, projection, public eye, salience, saliency, spotlight, standing, strikingness, wart | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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