salience
NounWordNet 3.0
Noun (1)
- the state of being salientSynonyms: saliencystrikingness
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Salience \Sa"li*ence\, n. [See Salient.]
1.The quality or condition of being salient; a leaping; a springing forward; an assaulting. [1913 Webster]
2.The quality or state of projecting, or being projected; projection; protrusion. --Sir W. Hamilton. [1913 Webster]