prominence Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the state of being prominent: widely known or eminent
  2. noun relative importance
  3. noun something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
    protrusion; extrusion; bulge; gibbousness; hump; bump; swelling; excrescence; jut; gibbosity; protuberance.
    • 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

WordNet

Prom"i*nence, Prom"i*nen*cy noun (Also<
  • Prominence
  • Prominency
)
Etymology
L. prominentia: cf. F. prominence. See Prominent.
Definitions
  1. The quality or state of being prominent; a standing out from something; conspicuousness.
  2. That which is prominent; a protuberance.

Webster 1913