prominence

Plural: prominences

Noun

• the state of being prominent: widely known or eminent
• relative importance
• something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
  • "he stood on the rocky prominence"
• The state of being prominent: widely known or eminent.
• Relative importance.
• A bulge: something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from a form.
• Autonomous height; relative height or prime factor; a concept used in the categorization of hills and mountains.
• A gaseous projection, often loop-shaped, springing from the surface of the Sun or a star.

Synonyms

bulge, bump, excrescence, extrusion, gibbosity, gibbousness, hump, jut, protrusion, protuberance, swelling

Antonyms

obscurity