PROMINENCE


Meaning of PROMINENCE in English

n. 1 the state of being prominent. 2 a prominent thing, esp. a jutting outcrop, mountain, etc. 3 Astron. a stream of incandescent gas projecting above the sun's chromosphere.

[ obs.F f. L prominentia jutting out (as PROMINENT) ]

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