prominence

The quality or condition of being prominent.

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

A small projection or protuberance.

A tonguelike cloud of luminous gas rising from the sun’s surface, visible as part of the corona during a total solar eclipse.

The property of being prominent; a standing or jutting out from the surface of something; also, that which juts out; protuberance: as, the prominence of a joint; the prominence of a rock or cliff; the prominences of the face.

The state of being conspicuous; conspicuousness; distinction; notoriety.

See the adjectives.

The quality or state of being prominent; a standing out from something; conspicuousness.

That which is prominent; a protuberance.

See Solar Protuberances, under Protuberance.