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   Prom·i·nence

   /ˈprämən(ə)ns/

   

   noun

   • 1. the state of being important or famous: "she came to prominence as an artist in the 1960s" Similar famecelebrityeminencepreeminenceimportancedistinctiongreatnessnotenotabilityprestigestaturestandingpositionrankrenownreputeillustriousnessacclaiminfluenceaccountconsequencevisibilitygood coverageclose attentionimportanceprecedenceweighta high profiletop billingnoticeability
   • 2. the fact or condition of standing out from something by physically projecting or being particularly noticeable: "radiographs showed enlargement of the right heart with prominence of the pulmonary outflow tract"
   • ▪ a thing that projects from something, especially a projecting feature of the landscape or a protuberance on a part of the body: "the rocky prominence resembled a snow-capped mountain" Similar hillockhillhummockmoundoutcropspurrisetorridgepeakpinnacleelevationpromontorycliffcragheadlandheightarêtelawprotuberanceprojectionswellingbumpbulgelumptechnical:processbulla
   • ▪ a stream of incandescent gas projecting above the sun's chromosphere.

   Word Origin late 16th century (denoting something that juts out): from obsolete French, from Latin prominentia ‘jutting out’, from the verb prominere (see prominent).

   Derivatives

   • 1. prominency noun

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