prominence
(noun) relative importance
bulge, bump, hump, swelling, gibbosity, gibbousness, jut, prominence, protuberance, protrusion, extrusion, excrescence
(noun) something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings; “the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge”; “the hump of a camel”; “he stood on the rocky prominence”; “the occipital protuberance was well developed”; “the bony excrescence between its horns”
prominence
(noun) the state of being prominent: widely known or eminent
Source: WordNet® 3.1
prominence (countable and uncountable, plural prominences)
The state of being prominent: widely known or eminent.
Relative importance.
A bulge: something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from a form.
(topography) Autonomous height; relative height or prime factor; a concept used in the categorization of hills and mountains.
Source: Wiktionary
Prom"i*nence, Prom"i*nen*cy, n. Etym: [L. prominentia: cf. F. prominence. See Prominent. ]
1. The quality or state of being prominent; a standing out from something; conspicuousness.
2. That which is prominent; a protuberance. Solar prominences. (Astron.) See Solar Protuberances, under Protuberance.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
19 September 2024
(adjective) capable of arousing or accelerating physiological or psychological activity or response by a chemical agent
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
