prominence

prom·i·nence  (prm-nns)

n.

1. The quality or condition of being prominent.

2. Something prominent, especially an area of land raised above its surroundings.

3. Anatomy A small projection or protuberance.

4. Astronomy A tonguelike cloud of flaming gas rising from the sun's surface, visible as part of the corona during a total solar eclipse.

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prominence  (prm-nns)

An eruption of tonguelike clouds of glowing ionized gas extending from the Sun's chromosphere and sometimes reaching hundreds of thousands of kilometers into space. When viewed against the solar surface instead of along the edges of its disk, prominences appear as dark, sinuous lines known as filaments. Usually associated with sunspot activity, solar prominences can influence Earth's atmosphere by interfering with electromagnetic activity. Active prominences erupt suddenly and usually disappear within minutes or hours. Quiescent prominences form more smoothly and can last for several months. See also solar flare.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	prominence - the state of being prominent: widely known or eminent standing - social or financial or professional status or reputation; "of equal standing"; "a member in good standing" limelight, public eye, spotlight, glare - a focus of public attention; "he enjoyed being in the limelight"; "when Congress investigates it brings the full glare of publicity to the agency" salience, saliency, strikingness - the state of being salient obscurity - an obscure and unimportant standing; not well known; "he worked in obscurity for many years"
	2.	prominence - relative importance importance - the quality of being important and worthy of note; "the importance of a well-balanced diet"
	3.	prominence - something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings; "the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge"; "the hump of a camel"; "he stood on the rocky prominence"; "the occipital protuberance was well developed"; "the bony excrescence between its horns" excrescence, extrusion, gibbosity, gibbousness, hump, jut, protrusion, protuberance, bulge, bump, swelling frontal eminence - either prominence of the frontal bone above each orbit occipital protuberance - prominence on the outer surface of the occipital bone belly - a part that bulges deeply; "the belly of a sail" caput - a headlike protuberance on an organ or structure; "the caput humeri is the head of the humerus which fits into a cavity in the scapula" mogul - a bump on a ski slope nub, nubble - a small lump or protuberance snag - a sharp protuberance wart - any small rounded protuberance (as on certain plants or animals) projection - any solid convex shape that juts out from something

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prominence

noun 1. fame, name, standing, rank, reputation, importance, celebrity, distinction, prestige, greatness, eminence, pre-eminence, notability, outstandingness

noun 2. conspicuousness, weight, precedence, top billing, specialness, salience, markedness

noun 3. protrusion, swelling, projection, bulge, jutting, protuberance

Translations

prominence [ˈprɔmɪnəns] n (fig) → importancia

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prominence [ˈprɔmɪnəns] n → proéminence f; importance f

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prominence [ˈprɔmɪnəns] n (= importance) → Bedeutung f;

to rise to prominence → bekannt werden

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prominence [ˈprɔmɪnəns] n → prominenza; importanza