Webster's English Dictionary

Enter the word to look up:

prominence

prom.i.nence \'pra:m-(*-)n*n(t)s\ n 1: the quality, state, or fact of being 
   prominent or conspicuous : SAL IENCE 2: something prominent : PROJECTION  
   3: a mass of gas resembling a cloud that arises from the chromosphere of th 
   e sun