Salient may refer to: *

Salient (military) A salient, also known as a bulge, is a battlefield feature that projects into enemy territory. The salient is surrounded by the enemy on multiple sides, making the troops occupying the salient vulnerable. The opponent's front line that borders ...

, a battlefield feature that projects into enemy territory *

Salient (geography) A salient, panhandle, or bootheel is an elongated protrusion of a geopolitical entity, such as a subnational entity or a sovereign state. While similar to a peninsula in shape, a salient is most often not surrounded by water on three sides. Ins ...

, an elongated protrusion of a territory * Salient (heraldry), an adjective describing a heraldic beast in a leaping attitude * Salient pole, a projecting electromagnetic pole of a field coil * SALIENT, SALt Irradiation ExperimeNT, a thorium molten salt reactor * ''Salient'' (magazine), Victoria University of Wellington student publication * Salient Software, a utility software company between 1990 and 1992, taken over by Fifth Generation Systems, meanwhile Symantec / Norton * Salient Partners, an asset management firm * Salient CRGT, a US government IT services firm based in Fairfax, Virginia

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