<p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>prominent or conspicuous (e.g., salient traits)</li><li>projecting or pointing outward (e.g., a salient angle)</li><li>leaping or jumping (e.g., a salient animal)</li><li>Heraldry: (of a beast) represented as leaping (e.g., a lion salient)</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a salient angle or part, as the central outward-projecting angle of a bastion or an outward projection in a battle line</li><li>Physical Geography: a landform that extends out beyond its surroundings, as a spur projecting from the side of a mountain</li></ul>