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Webster 1913 Edition

Salience

Sa′li-ence

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Noun.

[See

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1.

The quality or condition of being salient; a leaping; a springing forward; an assaulting.

2.

The quality or state of projecting, or being projected; projection; protrusion.

Sir W. Hamilton.

Definition 2024

salience

salience

English

Noun

salience ‎(countable and uncountable, plural saliences)

The condition of being salient.
A highlight; perceptual prominence, or likelihood of being noticed.
(social sciences, linguistics) Relative importance based on context.

Synonyms

(perceptual prominence): pertinence, relevance

Translations

condition of being salient

Dutch: opmerkelijke (nl), karakteristieke (nl),
Finnish: keskisyys, tärkeys (fi), huomattavuus
French: saillance (fr) f, (psychologie sociale) prégnance (fr) f
German: Hervorspringen n

Ido: centreso (io)
Turkish: dikkati çekme, göze çarpma, atlama (tr)

highlight; perceptual prominence, or likelihood of being noticed

Dutch: blikvanger (nl) m, hoogtepunt (nl) n
French: saillance (fr) f
German: (linguistics) perzeptuelle Prominenz f, (psychology) Salienz (de) f

Persian: برجستگی (fa) ‎(barjastegi)
Turkish: belirginlik (tr)

relative importance based on context

Dutch: gewicht (nl) n

French: saillance (fr) f