Salient

Salient may refer to:

Peninsula-like salients of political geography and Military Science.
Salient (military), a battlefield feature that projects an attacker's lines into enemy territory in such a way that the attacker is surrounded on three sides.
Salient (geography), part of a discrete territory projecting out of the main portion, bordered by foreign territory on three sides, into which it projects. These are also frequently called panhandles.
Salient (magazine), Victoria University of Wellington student publication
Salient (heraldry)
Salient pole, a salient (i.e. projecting) electromagnetic pole of a field coil

See also

Salience