salient angle

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salient angle - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Salient \Sa"li*ent\, a. [L. saliens, -entis, p. pr. of salire to
     leap; cf. F. saillant. See Sally, n. & v. i..]
     1. Moving by leaps or springs; leaping; bounding; jumping.
        "Frogs and salient animals." --Sir T. Browne.
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     2. Shooting out or up; springing; projecting.
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              He had in himself a salient, living spring of
              generous and manly action.            --Burke.
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     3. Hence, figuratively, forcing itself on the attention;
        prominent; conspicuous; noticeable.
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              He [Grenville] had neither salient traits, nor
              general comprehensiveness of mind.    --Bancroft.
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     4. (Math. & Fort.) Projecting outwardly; as, a salient angle;
        -- opposed to reentering. See Illust. of Bastion.
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     5. (Her.) Represented in a leaping position; as, a lion
        salient.
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     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.
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salient angle - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  salient angle
      n 1: an angle pointing outward; an interior angle of a polygon
           that is less than 180 degrees [ant: reentering angle,
           reentrant angle]