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/say"lee euhn see, sayl"yeuhn-/, n., pl. saliencies.salience.[1655-65; see SALIENT, -ENCY]
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Saliency — Sa li*en*cy, n. Quality of being salient; hence, vigor. A fatal lack of poetic saliency. J. Morley. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
saliency — index emphasis Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
saliency — 1660s; see SALIENT (Cf. salient) + CY (Cf. cy) … Etymology dictionary
saliency — salient ► ADJECTIVE 1) most noticeable or important. 2) (of an angle) pointing outwards. ► NOUN 1) a piece of land or section of fortification that juts out to form an angle. 2) an outward bulge in a military line. DERIVATIVES salience noun … English terms dictionary
saliency — noun (plural cies) Date: 1664 salience … New Collegiate Dictionary
saliency — noun the quality of being salient; salience … Wiktionary
saliency — n. remarkableness, state of being noticeable; prominence, conspicuousness; projection, protrusion; remarkable feature … English contemporary dictionary
saliency — sa·lien·cy … English syllables
saliency — sa•li•en•cy [[t]ˈseɪ li ən si, ˈseɪl yən [/t]] n. pl. cies salience • Etymology: 1655–65 … From formal English to slang
saliency — /ˈseɪliənsi/ (say sayleeuhnsee) noun (plural saliencies) → salience …
