<p><strong>Noun:</strong></p><ul><li>Also prominence.</li><li>The state of being prominent; conspicuousness.</li><li>Something that is prominent; a projection or protuberance: a prominence high over a ravine.</li><li>Synonyms: peak, precipice, height, promontory.</li><li>Also called solar prominence.</li><li>Astronomy: an eruption of a flamelike tongue of relatively cool, high-density gas from the solar chromosphere into the corona where it can be seen during a solar eclipse or by observing strong spectral lines in its emission spectrum.</li></ul>