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Definition of Salients
1. salient [n] - See also: salient
Lexicographical Neighbors of Salients
Literary usage of Salients
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Botanical Gazette by University of Chicago, JSTOR (Organization) (1916)
"Tangential section through palisade portion beyond gill salients, that is, toward
margin of pileus; by their radial or centrifugal growth gill salients ..."
2. Earth Features and Their Meaning: An Introduction to Geology for the Student by William Herbert Hobbs (1912)
"In this stage the valleys are described as V-shaped canons, for the valley wall
meets the upland surface in sharp salients (plate 12 A), and the lines of ..."
3. Earth Features and Their Meaning: An Introduction to Geology for the Student by William Herbert Hobbs (1912)
"In this stage the valleys are described as V-shaped canons, for the valley wall
n ts (he upland surface in sharp salients (plate 12 A), and the lines of the ..."
4. Manual of Military Training by James Alfred Moss (1914)
"salients are always a weakness in a line, not only because it is easier for ...
Hence, whenever possible, salients must be avoided and the space to their ..."
5. Technique of Modern Tactics: A Study of Troop Leading Methods in the by Paul Stanley Bond, Michael Joseph McDonough (1916)
"Such offsets partake of the nature of salients in the line; they possess most of
the disadvantages of the latter with few of their virtues. ..."
6. Technique of Modern Tactics: A Study of Troop Leading Methods in the by Paul Stanley Bond, Michael Joseph McDonough (1916)
"Such offsets partake of the nature of salients in the line; they possess most of
the disadvantages of the latter with few of their virtues. ..."
7. Technique of Modern Tactics: A Study of Troop Leading Methods in the by Paul Stanley Bond, Michael Joseph McDonough (1916)
"Such offsets partake of the nature of salients in the line; they possess most of
the disadvantages of the latter with few of their virtues. ..."
8. The Military Operations of General Beauregard in the War Between the States by Alfred Roman (1884)
"Completion of Confederate Lines.—General Beauregard's Forces Occupy "Works in
Front of Peters- burgh.—Rumors Concerning the Mine.—The salients upon General ..."
9. Botanical Gazette by University of Chicago, JSTOR (Organization) (1916)
"Tangential section through palisade portion beyond gill salients, that is, toward
margin of pileus; by their radial or centrifugal growth gill salients ..."
10. Earth Features and Their Meaning: An Introduction to Geology for the Student by William Herbert Hobbs (1912)
"In this stage the valleys are described as V-shaped canons, for the valley wall
meets the upland surface in sharp salients (plate 12 A), and the lines of ..."
11. Earth Features and Their Meaning: An Introduction to Geology for the Student by William Herbert Hobbs (1912)
"In this stage the valleys are described as V-shaped canons, for the valley wall
n ts (he upland surface in sharp salients (plate 12 A), and the lines of the ..."
12. Manual of Military Training by James Alfred Moss (1914)
"salients are always a weakness in a line, not only because it is easier for ...
Hence, whenever possible, salients must be avoided and the space to their ..."
13. Technique of Modern Tactics: A Study of Troop Leading Methods in the by Paul Stanley Bond, Michael Joseph McDonough (1916)
"Such offsets partake of the nature of salients in the line; they possess most of
the disadvantages of the latter with few of their virtues. ..."
14. Technique of Modern Tactics: A Study of Troop Leading Methods in the by Paul Stanley Bond, Michael Joseph McDonough (1916)
"Such offsets partake of the nature of salients in the line; they possess most of
the disadvantages of the latter with few of their virtues. ..."
15. Technique of Modern Tactics: A Study of Troop Leading Methods in the by Paul Stanley Bond, Michael Joseph McDonough (1916)
"Such offsets partake of the nature of salients in the line; they possess most of
the disadvantages of the latter with few of their virtues. ..."
16. The Military Operations of General Beauregard in the War Between the States by Alfred Roman (1884)
"Completion of Confederate Lines.—General Beauregard's Forces Occupy "Works in
Front of Peters- burgh.—Rumors Concerning the Mine.—The salients upon General ..."
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