definition of
prominence

[1] #1 prominence n. the state of being prominent: widely known or eminent. wn

[2] #2 prominence n. relative importance. wn

[3] #3 prominence n. [bulge, bump, hump, swelling, gibbosity, gibbousness, jut, protuberance, protrusion, extrusion, excrescence] 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. wn