Salient
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Salient may refer to:
- See Salients, re-entrants and pocketsSalients, re-entrants and pocketsA salient is a battlefield feature that projects into enemy territory. The salient is surrounded by the enemy on three sides, making the troops occupying the salient vulnerable. The enemy's line facing a salient is referred to as a re-entrant...
for the battlefield feature - Salient (geography)PanhandleA panhandle is an informal geographic term for an elongated arm-like protrusion of a geo-political entity, such as a subnational entity or a sovereign state.-Term:...
, part of a discrete territory projecting out of the main portion, bordered by foreign territory on three sides, into which it projects. These are also frequently called panhandles - Salient (magazine)Salient (magazine)Salient is the weekly students' magazine of the Victoria University of Wellington Students' Association at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. Salient was established in 1938 and originally published in newspaper format, but has lately become a magazine. Salient's style and editorial...
, Victoria University of Wellington student publication - Attitude (heraldry)#Salient
- Salient pole, a salient (i.e. projecting) electromagnetic pole of a field coilField coilA field coil is a component of an electro-magnetic machine, typically a rotating electrical machine such as a motor or generator. A current-carrying coil is used to generate a magnetic field....