prominence

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The state of being prominent: widely known or eminent.

   “My Continental prominence is improving,” I commented dryly. Von Lindowe cut at a furze bush with his silver-mounted rattan. “Quite so,” he said as dryly, his hand at his mustache. “I may say if your intentions were known your life would not be worth a curse.”

2. 2
   noun

   relative importance

3. 3
   noun

   something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings

4. 4
   noun

   the state of being prominent: widely known or eminent

5. 5
   noun

   Relative importance.

6. 6
   noun

   A bulge: something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from a form.

7. 7
   noun

   Autonomous height; relative height or prime factor; a concept used in the categorization of hills and mountains.

8. 8
   noun

   A gaseous projection, often loop-shaped, springing from the surface of the Sun or a star.

Etymology

From obsolete French prominence (compare proéminence), from Latin prominentia.