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Definition of Saliency

1. Noun. The state of being salient.

Definition of Saliency

1. n. Quality of being salient; hence, vigor.

Definition of Saliency

1. Noun. the quality of being salient; salience ¹

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Definition of Saliency

1. salience [n -CIES] - See also: salience

Lexicographical Neighbors of Saliency

Literary usage of Saliency

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Catalyzing Inquiry at the Interface of Computing and Biology by John C. Wooley, Herbert Lin (2005)
"Koch et al. have investigated the utility of such a strategy in multiple contexts: (1) a saliency-based visual attention mechanism that selects highly ..."

2. Journals of Ralph Waldo Emerson by Ralph Waldo Emerson (1912)
"... but there is evidently a feeling of an awful power in this creative saliency, this saliency of thought, this habit of saliency, of not pausing but going ..."

3. Arts and Sciences: Or, Fourth Division of "The English Encyclopedia" edited by Charles Knight (1867)
"The saliency of the ravelin is however still farther increased, and it is in this that the principal modification of the modern system lies, by directing ..."

4. The Writings of Lafcadio Hearn by Lafcadio Hearn (1922)
"But frugal living alone could never produce such symmetry and saliency of muscles: race-crossing, climate, perpetual exercise, healthy labor — many ..."

5. Two Years in the French West Indies by Lafcadio Hearn (1890)
"But frugal living alone could never produce such symmetry and saliency of muscles: race-crossing, climate, perpetual exercise, healthy labor—many conditions ..."

6. Catalyzing Inquiry at the Interface of Computing and Biology by John C. Wooley, Herbert Lin (2005)
"Koch et al. have investigated the utility of such a strategy in multiple contexts: (1) a saliency-based visual attention mechanism that selects highly ..."

7. Journals of Ralph Waldo Emerson by Ralph Waldo Emerson (1912)
"... but there is evidently a feeling of an awful power in this creative saliency, this saliency of thought, this habit of saliency, of not pausing but going ..."

8. Arts and Sciences: Or, Fourth Division of "The English Encyclopedia" edited by Charles Knight (1867)
"The saliency of the ravelin is however still farther increased, and it is in this that the principal modification of the modern system lies, by directing ..."

9. The Writings of Lafcadio Hearn by Lafcadio Hearn (1922)
"But frugal living alone could never produce such symmetry and saliency of muscles: race-crossing, climate, perpetual exercise, healthy labor — many ..."

10. Two Years in the French West Indies by Lafcadio Hearn (1890)
"But frugal living alone could never produce such symmetry and saliency of muscles: race-crossing, climate, perpetual exercise, healthy labor—many conditions ..."

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