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prominence

  • noun
  • /ˈpɹɒ.mɪ.nəns/

The state of being prominent: widely known or eminent.

Other meanings

  1. Relative importance.

  2. A bulge: something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from a form.

Related words

  • overprominence
  • superprominence
  • laryngeal prominence
  • solar prominence

Word history

From Latin "prominentia".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “prominence” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.